{"id":61,"date":"2012-10-04T01:24:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T01:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.labradorcura.com\/arch\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2019-04-26T14:23:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:23:44","slug":"main","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.labradorcura.com\/arch\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Between 2009 and 2013, I examined Inuit\u00a0and non-Inuit sod houses in southeastern Labrador from Pinware to Red Bay, St. Lewis Inlet, St. Michael’s Bay, and in the\u00a0Frenchman’s Island\/Seal Island area.\u00a0 One site along the Quebec North Shore was also tested. Using both archaeological and archival data, the focus of this study was the nature and timing\u00a0of the most southerly Inuit settlement in eastern Canada.\u00a0 Also of interest were\u00a0the multi-faceted nature of Inuit relations with Europeans, and the material culture of the contact zone. From the outset, it was clear that Inuit settlement in the studied areas dated to at least<\/em> the early 1500s,\u00a0and that a range of material goods represented contact with first the Basques (minimal evidence),\u00a0then with the\u00a0French (much evidence), and\u00a0after 1763 with the\u00a0English (much evidence).<\/p>\n

This web page presents some of the research results of\u00a0the\u00a0excavation that took place\u00a0in St. Michael’s Bay. As analyses proceed, more results from the 2009-2013 fieldwork will be posted.\u00a0The links at the top of this page are to data sets from the St. Michael’s Bay site such as\u00a0ceramic wares, artifacts relating to clothing ornamentation, bone artifacts, and the results of analyses of faunal remains, mussel shells, and soils\/entomology. In way of making this material available, below are links to publications related to\u00a0the 2009-2013 work and to my overall work on the prehistory and history of Labrador and\u00a0the Northeast.\u00a0 Topics include\u00a0hunter-gatherer mobility, food storage, Inuit, Innu, as well as historical figures such as Mikak, Caubvick, Tuglavina, Attuiock, Ickongoque, Lydia Campbell, and Captain George Cartwright.\u00a0Other work includes a study of previously unknown\u00a018th century Labrador Inuttitut (Inuktitut) word list, and\u00a0a history of Chateau Bay that includes a new 18th century map of that bay.<\/p>\n

The overall\u00a0project\u00a0(http:\/\/www.mun.ca\/labmetis\/<\/a>) was funded by\u00a0a federal SSHRC-CURA grant\u00a0that covered field and research expenses\u00a0and student training, and was administered through Memorial University of Newfoundland. Summer student grants from NunatuKavut (formerly the Inuit M\u00e9tis Nation) brought aboard local students, while Northern Scientific Training Program grants covered some of the costs for students from Memorial Univ. and from the Univ. of New Brunswick.\u00a0 All analysis, writing, and public presentations are completed as part of my volunteer commitment to southern Labrador.<\/p>\n

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