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Title	The prehistory of the southwest coast of Newfoundland
Author	Penney, Gerald, 1951-
Description	Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1985. Anthropology
Date	1984
Pagination	xi, 250 leaves : ill., maps, plates.
Subject	Excavations (Archaeology)--Newfoundland and Labrador; Archaeological surveying--Newfoundland and Labrador; Indians of North America--Newfoundland and Labrador--Antiquities; Inuit--Newfoundland and Labrador--Antiquities; L'Anse a Flamme (N.L.)--Antiquities; Newfoundland and Labrador--Antiquities
Degree	M.A.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Anthropology
Discipline	Anthropology
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador, Southwest Coast
Notes	Bibliography: leaves 241-250.
Abstract	This study represents three (1979-81) field seasons of archaeological survey and excavation on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. Prior to this research our understanding of its prehistory was limited. Survey results suggest that this submerging coast was thinly populated throughout most of the prehistoric period. -- Excavation at the multi-component L'Anse a Flamme site revealed distinctive and previously unrecognized Recent Indian lithic assemblages. Four other southwest coast sites were found to contain similar assemblages which are herein proposed as the Little Passage Complex. The complex may represent either Indian cultural florescence and coastal re-occupation or new migrants following Dorset demise. Its relationship to the historically known Beothuck remains unclear, however, radiocarbon age determinations from Little Passage sites elsewhere on the Island, place it late in the prehistoric period.
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	75331796
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	(30.39 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Penney_Gerald.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	82102.cpd