Newfoundland Mi’kmaq: The sites

In 2013 I wrote a blog post that I suspected would be of interest to people, but it has far exceeded my expectations. In fact, Newfoundland Mi’kmaq, has become one of my most popular posts to date with more than 10,000 views. In the years since, after realizing how popular it became, I meant to […]

Archaeology Sites in Newfoundland and Labrador

As of 2024 there are just over 7000 known archaeological sites in the province which range in age from nearly 9000 years ago to the 20th century. The maps below present the known and recorded archaeological sites for each culture as red dots. Most of this data is based on documentation submitted to the Provincial […]

A late 17th-early 18th century site at Bay Bulls – PART 2

A previous blog post discussed archaeological investigations at a late 17th/early 18th century archaeological site at Bay Bulls in 2019 and 2021. The following post will discuss the continued testing and excavations at the site in 2022 and 2023. In 2022 two small data-recovery excavations were conducted near the shoreline during monitoring of a wharf […]