Full Description
Newfoundland lies at the intersection of arctic and more temperate regions and, commensurate with this geography, populations of two Amerindian and two Paleoeskimo cultural traditions occupied Port au Choix, in northern Newfoundland, Canada, for centuries and millennia.
Contents
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: Archaeology at Port au Choix M.A.P. Renouf Chapter 2 By Land and Sea: Landscape and Marine Environmental Perspectives on Port au Choix Archaeology Trevor Bell and M.A.P. Renouf Chapter 3 Across the Tickle: the Gould Site, Port au Choix-3 and the Maritime Archaic Indian Mortuary Landscape M.A.P. Renouf and Trevor Bell Chapter 4 Ritual Activity and the Formation of Faunal Assemblages at Two Groswater Palaeoeskimo Sites at Port au Choix Patricia J. Wells Chapter 5 Mobility, Curation, and Exchange as Factors in the Distribution of the Phillip's Garden West Groswater Toolkit Karen Ryan Chapter 6 A Sheltered Life: Inner Cove Groswater Palaeoeskimo Occupation at Port au Choix Kendra D. Wheatley Chapter 7 On the Headland: Dorset Seal Harvesting at Phillip's Garden, Port au Choix M.A.P. Renouf Chapter 8 The Changing Nature and Function of Phillip's Garden: a Diachronic Perspective John C. Erwin Chapter 9 Settlement Size and Structural Complexity: A Case Study in Geophysical Survey at Phillip's Garden, Port au Choix Edward J.H. Eastaugh and Jeremy Taylor Chapter 10 Down the Labrador: Ramah Chert Use at Phillip's Garden, Port au Choix Robert J. Anstey and M.A.P. Renouf Chapter 11 Whitecoats, Beaters and Turners: Dorset Palaeoeskimo Harp Seal Hunting from Phillip's Garden, Port au Choix Maribeth S. Murray Chapter 12 Aspects of Dorset Palaeoeskimo Mortuary Behaviour on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland Stuart C. Brown Chapter 13 In the Woods: The Cow Head Complex Occupation of the Gould Site, Port au Choix M.A.P. Renouf, Michael A. Teal, Trevor Bell Chapter 14 The Life History of Port au Choix Landscapes M.A.P. Renouf Appendix Radiocarbon dates from Port au Choix M.A.P. Renouf Index
