The Cultural Landscapes of Port Au Choix

Precontact Hunter-Gatherers of Northwestern Newfoundland
2011. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4419-8323-7
Verlag: Springer Us

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 631 g

Reihe: 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 Paleoeskimo 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Renouf, M A P

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
 
Chapter 1
Introduction:  Archaeology at Port au Choix
M.A.P. Renouf
 
Chapter 2
By Land and Sea: Landscape and Marine Environmental Perspectives
on Port au Choix Archaeology
Trevor Bell and M.A.P. Renouf
 
Chapter 3
Across the Tickle: the Gould Site, Port au Choix-3 and
the Maritime Archaic Indian Mortuary Landscape
M.A.P. Renouf and Trevor Bell
 
Chapter 4
Ritual Activity and the Formation of Faunal Assemblages at Two
Groswater Palaeoeskimo Sites at Port au Choix
Patricia J. Wells
 
Chapter 5
Mobility, Curation, and Exchange as Factors in the Distribution of
the Phillip’s Garden West Groswater Toolkit
Karen Ryan
 
Chapter 6
A Sheltered Life: Inner Cove Groswater Palaeoeskimo Occupation
 at Port au Choix
Kendra D. Wheatley
 
Chapter 7
On the Headland: Dorset Seal Harvesting at Phillip’s Garden, Port au Choix
M.A.P. Renouf
 
Chapter 8
The Changing Nature and Function of Phillip's Garden: a Diachronic Perspective
John C. Erwin
 
 
 
Chapter 9
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
 
Chapter 10
Down the Labrador: Ramah Chert Use at Phillip’s Garden, Port au Choix
Robert J. Anstey and M.A.P. Renouf
 
Chapter 11
Whitecoats, Beaters and Turners:
Dorset Palaeoeskimo Harp Seal Hunting from Phillip’s Garden, Port au Choix
Maribeth S. Murray
 
Chapter 12
Aspects of Dorset Palaeoeskimo Mortuary Behaviour
on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland
Stuart C. Brown
 
Chapter 13
In the Woods: The Cow Head Complex Occupation of
the Gould Site, Port au Choix
M.A.P. Renouf, Michael A. Teal, Trevor Bell
 
Chapter 14
The Life History of Port au Choix Landscapes
M.A.P. Renouf
 
Appendix
Radiocarbon dates from Port au Choix
M.A.P. Renouf
 
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Renouf, M A P
Dr. Priscilla Renouf, Canada Research Chair of North Atlantic Archaeology, has conducted research in Labrador, Newfoundland, Arctic Norway and Greenland. For the past several years her research has been situated in Port au Choix, northwestern Newfoundland, where she is reconstructing 5,500 years of human adaptation to a changing environment. Dr. Renouf co-founded an international research group, called LINK, which consists of a dozen archaeologists working in North Atlantic areas: Labrador, Greenland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Norway. Their purpose is to integrate social and natural science research to address questions of how past human societies in the North Atlantic reacted to long- and short-term climate fluctuations. Dr. Renouf is committed to communicating the results of her research to the public as well as the academic community. She continues to achieve this through videos, exhibits, publications and public presentations.