2022 PAO Review

In 1981, the Historic Resources Division of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador produced the first volume of Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador for the 1980 field season. This journal and subsequent volumes quickly became a reliable source of information dealing with archaeology in this province. Printed copies of this journal were produced up to […]

Eskimo Island

The first archaeologist to visit Eskimo Island was the Danish archaeologist Jorgen Meldgaard in 1956 in search of the area the Norse called Vinland. While on the island he found a number of semi-subterranean sod structures and approximately 30 graves, the latter of which had already been looted (Kaplan 1983: 410). In 1963 Helge and […]

Avayalik Islands

Back in 2015 I wrote a post about the Torngat Archaeological Project (TAP). The TAP is the largest archaeological survey ever conducted in Labrador in terms of distance covered and the number of sites found, ~450 km of coastline and just under 350 sites. The survey was jointly led by Dr. William Fitzhugh of the […]