The Cultural Landscapes of Port au Choix: Precontact Hunter-Gatherers of Northwestern Newfoundland (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)

Newfoundland lies at the intersection of arctic and more temperate regions and, commensurate with this geography, populations of two Amerindian and two Paleo-eskimo cultural traditions occupied Port au Choix, in northern Newfoundland, Canada, for centuries and millennia. Over the past two decades The Port au Choix Archaeology Project has sought a comparative understanding of how these different cultures, each with their particular origin and historical trajectory, adapted to the changing physical and social environments, impacted their physical surroundings, and created cultural landscapes. This volume brings together the research of Renouf, her colleagues and her students who together employ multiple perspectives and methods to provide a detailed reconstruction and understanding of the long-term history of Port au Choix. Although geographically focussed on a northern coastal area, this volume has wider implications for understanding archaeological landscapes, human-environment interactions and hunter-gatherer societies. Introduction: Archaeology at Port au Choix / M.A.P. Renouf By land and sea : landscape and marine environmental perspectives on Port au Choix archaeology / Trevor Bell and M.A.P. Renouf Across the tickle : the Gould Site, Port au Choix-3 and the Maritime archaic Indian mortuary landscape / M.A.P. Renouf and Trevor Bell Ritual activity and the formation of faunal assemblages at two Groswater Palaeoeskimo sites at Port au Choix / Patricia J. Wells Mobility, curation, and exchange as factors in the distribution of the Phillip's Garden West Groswater toolkit / Karen Ryan A sheltered life : inner cove Groswater Palaeoeskimo occupation at Port au Choix / Kendra D. Stiwich On the headland : Dorset seal harvesting at Phillip's Garden, Port au Choix / M.A.P. Renouf The changing nature and function of Phillip's Garden : a diachronic perspective / John C. Erwin 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 Down the Labrador : Ramah chert use at Phillip's Garden, Port au Choix / Robert J. Anstey and M.A.P. Renouf Whitecoats, beaters and turners : Dorset Palaeoeskimo harp seal hunting from Phillip's Garden, Port au Choix / Maribeth S. Murray Aspects of Dorset Palaeoeskimo mortuary behaviour on the northern peninsula of Newfoundland / Stuart C. Brown In the woods : the Cow Head complex occupation of the Gould Site, Port au Choix / M.A.P. Renouf, Michael A. Teal, and Trevor Bell The life history of Port au Choix landscapes / M.A.P. Renouf Appendix: Radiocarbon dates from Port au Choix / M.A.P. Renouf. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction: Archaeology at Port au Choix....Pages 1-20 By Land and Sea: Landscape and Marine Environmental Perspectives on Port au Choix Archaeology....Pages 21-41 Across the Tickle: The Gould Site, Port au Choix-3 and the Maritime Archaic Indian Mortuary Landscape....Pages 43-63 Ritual Activity and the Formation of Faunal Assemblages at Two Groswater Palaeoeskimo Sites at Port au Choix....Pages 65-89 Mobility, Curation, and Exchange as Factors in the Distribution of the Phillip’s Garden West Groswater Toolkit....Pages 91-116 A Sheltered Life: Inner Cove Groswater Palaeoeskimo Occupation at Port au Choix....Pages 117-129 On the Headland: Dorset Seal Harvesting at Phillip’s Garden, Port au Choix....Pages 131-160 The Changing Nature and Function of Phillip’s Garden: A Diachronic Perspective....Pages 161-178 Settlement Size and Structural Complexity: A Case Study in Geophysical Survey at Phillip’s Garden, Port au Choix....Pages 179-188 Down the Labrador: Ramah Chert Use at Phillip’s Garden, Port au Choix....Pages 189-207 Whitecoats, Beaters and Turners: Dorset Palaeoeskimo Harp Seal Hunting from Phillip’s Garden, Port au Choix....Pages 209-226 Aspects of Dorset Palaeoeskimo Mortuary Behaviour on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland....Pages 227-250 In the Woods: The Cow Head Complex Occupation of the Gould Site, Port au Choix....Pages 251-269 The Life History of Port au Choix Landscapes....Pages 271-300 Back Matter....Pages 301-321