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Title	A late archaic sequence in southern Labrador
Author	Madden, Marcie Maura
Description	Thesis (M.A.) -- Memorial University of Newfoundland. 1976. Anthropology
Date	1976.
Pagination	xii, 153 leaves : ill.
Subject	Excavations (Archaeology)--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador; Indians of North America--Antiquities;
Degree	M.A.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Anthropology
Discipline	Anthropology
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador
Notes	Bibliography : leaves 140-143
Abstract	This study will consider two multicomponent late Archaic sites on the southern Labrador coast, the Black Rock Brook, site, EjBe-24, and the Iceberg site, EjBe-19, which together provided evidence of at least ten discrete and dated components spanning the period, ca 3500-2000 B.P. - These sites were rather unproductive and unspectacular in terms of cultural material and altogether only 260 chipped stone artifacts, comprised primarily of notched projectile points, assorted bifaces, and a variety of unifacial implements such as flake points, scrapers, linear flakes and retouched flakes, were recovered from both areas. A large number of hearth features was associated with this material, which provided abundant charcoal for dating purposes; however, there was no evidence of dwelling structures nor was any organic material preserved, and reconstruction of the full range of cultural activities engaged in by these people, their settlement pattern and economy, was somewhat conjectural. Generally speaking, the coastal location of these definitely suggests a maritime oriented economy, and no doubt theses campsites were occupied during the spring and summer months for the purpose of exploiting available marine fauna. - The majority of these components can be placed within a single cultural and technological tradition which seems to have developed within this region from an earlier ‘Maritime Archaic' base and can be considered part of a larger Northern Maritime Cultural Tradition that probably endured on the Labrador coast from the Paleo-Indian period to the historic times. These components, which were placed in chronological order using evidence from seriation, radiocarbon dating, and a comparison of similar and presumably related materials from other sites in Labrador and Newfoundland, provided the basic structure for the establishment of a cultural sequence and typology to which other materials could be related, and from which it was possible to provisionally demonstrate some sort of continuity and relationship between the late Archaic populations and historically known peoples in the area.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	76006035
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(30.82 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Madden_MarcieMaura.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	309823.cpd