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Provincial Archaeology Office 2009 Archaeology Review Provincial Archaeology Office 2009 Archaeology Review Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Tourism, Culture & Recreation March 2010 Volume 8 Stephen Hull Delphina Mercer Editors Provincial Archaeology Office 2009 Archaeology Review 2 Provincial Archaeology Office 2009 Archaeology Review INSIDE THIS ISSUE Map of Projects 2 Anstey, Robert J. and M.A.P. Renouf 6 SUMMARY OF THE 2009 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT ST. PAUL’S BAY-01 (DlBk-05), ST. PAUL’S Arendt, Beatrix 7 THE FINAL SEASON: 2009 HOPEDALE ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT Brake, Jamie 13 NUNATSIAVUT GOVERNMENT FIELDWORK 2009 Crompton, Amanda and Stéphane Noël 30 ARCHAEOLOGY AT SIGNAL HILL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA 2009 Curtis, Jenneth 34 ARCHAEOLOGY IN TERRA NOVA NATIONAL PARK Curtis, Jenneth, Jamie Brake, Pierre M. Desrosiers and Adrian Burke 36 RAMAH BAY QUARRY ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECT Dagneau, Charles and Jonathan Moore 40 UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY AT L’ANSE AUX MEADOWS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE OF CANADA IN 2009 Deal, Michael 46 LIBERATOR 586: AN ICON OF EASTERN AIR COMMAND Fitzhugh, William W. 50 BASQUES AND INUIT ON THE QUEBEC LOWER NORTH SHORE: 2009 FIELD REPORT Gaulton, Barry, James A. Tuck and Aaron F. Miller 62 ARCHAEOLOGY AT FERRYLAND 2009 Gibbons, Cindy 66 WORKING TOGETHER FOR WORLD HERITAGE STATUS Gilbert, William 68 BACCALIEU TRAIL ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT, 2009 Hartery, Latonia 76 BIRD COVE-POND COVE ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT Cathy Mathias 79 MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION FOR 2009 McAleese, Kevin 83 ROOMS MUSEUM - COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS McLean, Laurie 85 BURNSIDE HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC. SUMMARY OF 2009 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SEASON Mills, Steve and Barry Gaulton (Aardvark Archaeology Inc.) 92 SUNNYSIDE-1 (ClAl-05): A POSSIBLE 17TH-CENTURY WINTER HOUSE AT THE BOTTOM OF BULL ARM, TRINITY BAY 3 Provincial Archaeology Office 2009 Archaeology Review TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued Neilsen, Scott 95 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN SHESHATSHIU, LABRADOR Penney, Gerald and Robert Cuff 102 GERALD PENNEY ASSOCIATES LIMITED (GPA) ACTIVITIES FOR 2009 Pope, Peter E. 106 ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE PETIT NORD, 2009 -- A SHORT SUMMARY Pritchard, Brian and Eliza Brandy 112 SNOOK’S COVE ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT: REPORT ON FIELD SEASON 1 Rankin, Lisa 119 INDIAN HARBOUR, LABRADOR Reynolds, Ken, Delphina Mercer and Stephen Hull 121 PROVINCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OFFICE 2009 Renouf, M.A.P., P.J. Wells and D.A. Lavers 135 2009 FIELD SEASON AT PHILLIP’S GARDEN PORT AU CHOIX NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Schwarz, Fred 139 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON INDIAN BAY BROOK JULY 10-15, 2009 09.32 Schwarz, Fred 140 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON BIRCHY ISLAND, SIVIER ISLAND, AND CAMEL ISLAND JULY 16-17, 2009 09.33 Schwarz, Fred 143 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SALVAGE EXCAVATIONS AT PINWARE HILL (EjBe-10), LABRADOR SEPTEMBER 5-8, 2009 09.42 Simmonds, Matthew 148 THE 2009 FIELD SEASON: EXCAVATION OF THE NEW FORT AND FORT LOUIS, PLACENTIA Simmonds, Matthew 154 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT CASTLE HILL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Stopp, Marianne and Catherine Jalbert 156 SEARCHING FOR INUIT IN THE UNKNOWN LABRADOR - A COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ALLIANCE (CURA) PROJECT Thomson, Callum and Jane Sproull Thomson 161 REPORT ON EXPEDITION CRUISE SHIP LANDINGS IN LABRADOR FROM MV POLAR STAR, SEPTEMBER 2009 Westley, Kieran , Trevor Bell, Priscilla Renouf and Lev Tarasov 169 IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE ON COASTAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES – THE ILLUSTRATED EXAMPLE OF NORTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND Christopher B. Wolff, John Erwin, and Donald H. Holly, Jr. 172 SETTLEMENT AND SUBSISTENCE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND: STOCK COVE REVISITED 4 Provincial Archaeology Office 2009 Archaeology Review TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued Publications, Conferences, Announcements etc. 176 Suggestions 177 5 Provincial Archaeology Office 2009 Archaeology Review SUMMARY OF THE 2009 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT ST. PAUL’S BAY-01 (DlBk-05), ST. PAUL’S Robert J. Anstey and M.A.P. Renouf Memorial University n July 11, 2009 six members of the Port collecting activities. The recovery of a single O au Choix Archaeology Project conducted corner-notched projectile point and the general an archaeological investigation of St. Paul’s raw material indicated that the site had been Bay-01 (DlBk-05), a Recent Indian site located occupied by the Recent Indian Little Passage within the town of St. Paul’s on the Northern complex. Given that the site was disturbed, no Peninsula of Newfoundland (Fig. 1). The ob- charcoal samples were collected. jectives of this investigation were to: 1) assess While the site may not be suitable for and delineate the extent of undisturbed ar- an in-depth research project it provides a basis chaeological deposits at this site; 2) confirm the for understanding the general settlement and cultural affiliation and; 3) collect charcoal sam- mobility patterning for the Little Passage com- ples to help date the site. plex on the Northern Peninsula. The area St. Paul’s Bay-01 was first reported by within and around the community of St. Paul’s Gerald Penney (1988, 1989) and was identified is remarkably rich in marine and terrestrial sub- by stone tools, debitage, and faunal remains sistence and lithic resources (see Lavers and eroding from wind-blown sand dunes. Accord- Renouf 2009) and, for these reasons, should be ing to Penney (1988:17) the site extended inland the focus of future archaeological surveys. for approximately 100 meters as artefacts and References Lavers, D. and M.A.P. Renouf debitage were observed in a then active vegeta- 2009 The 2008 Field Season, St. Paul’s Bay-2 (DlBk-06): Report of ble garden. Based on diagnostic artefacts and Archaeological Excavations. Unpublished report submitted to the lithic materials, Penney (1988, 1989:12) associ- Provincial Archaeology Office, Department of Tourism, Cul- ture, and Recreation, Government of Newfoundland and Lab- ated the site with a Recent Indian occupation. rador, St. John’s. Penney (1989) also identified another Recent Indian site – St. Paul’s Bay-02 (DlBk-06) Penney, G. 1988 Annual Report of Archaeological Activities. Unpublished report – on the opposite shore of the narrows between on file at the Provincial Archaeology Office, Department of St. Paul’s Bay and St. Paul’s Inlet (Fig. 1). This Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, Government of Newfound- particular site was later identified as a multi- land and Labrador, St. John’s. component lithic quarry workshop and habita- 1989 Historic Resources Overview Assessment Berry Hill to Daniel’s tion site which was primarily occupied by Harbour Transmission Line. Unpublished report submitted to Groswater Palaeoeskimo and Recent Indian Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro. (Cow Head and Beaches complex) groups (Lavers and Renouf 2009). There was no diag- nostic Little Passage material recovered from this particular site. During the 2009 investigations at St. Paul’s Bay-01 a total of fifty-two 50cm2 test pits were dug across the entire area identified by Penney (1988) as being the location of this site. All provenience information was recorded with a Total Station. Of the 52 test pits 16 were positive for prehistoric cultural material; how- ever, all test pits indicated that the site had been heavily disturbed by various gardening and sod Figure 1 Location of DlBk-05 and DlBk-06 (1:50,000 topog- raphic sheet 12H/13) (Anstey) 6 Provincial Archaeology Office 2009 Archaeology Review THE FINAL SEASON: 2009 HOPEDALE ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT Beatrix Arendt University of Virginia he 2009 summer season marks the third 1x1 meter units were placed north-south in the T and final field season for the Hopedale interior of the house and an additional five 1x1 Archaeology Project. As a part of my disserta- meter units were placed east-west leading into tion research on the influence of Moravian the entryway (Figure 1). The northern half of missionaries on changing Inuit culture during the units exhibited a thin layer of sod before the 18th and 19th centuries, the Hopedale Ar- coming down onto the occupation level and chaeology Project was a community archae- eventually a flat stone floor. Deposits along ology program that collaborated with the the northern half were no more than 20 cm Hopedale community in northern Labrador. deep. A shallow layer of soil suggested that This past season we returned to Big Island there was no sod roof (Mary-Rousselière 1979; (Anniowaktook Island) located just east of Park 1988); instead, the sod houses may have town to excavate the second of four Inuit sod been covered by skin roofs and were lived in houses. With the help of a team of Hopedale throughout the year. Unfortunately, we were Inuit students, I continued the excavation of an not able to locate a posthole to substantiate 18th century Inuit sod house settlement origi- that claim. nally identified in 1934 by American archaeolo- The southern half of the unit exhibited gist Junius Bird (1945). Originally named something very different. The four southern- House 4 by Bird, the second house was located most units came down onto a later midden ap- just north of House 1 which was partially exca- proximately 40 cm thick before reaching the vated during the 2008 season (Arendt 2009). occupation level and stone floor (Figure 2). Excavations in House 4 hoped to pro- The later midden was full with sea mammal vide additional information as to the occupa- bones, shell and nails, and a few artifacts, such tion period of the site and discard patterns of as an iron ulu knife blade. The practice of us- its occupants.
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