ARCHAEOLOGY 3290
Memorial University
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
ARCHAEOLOGY 3290:
Newfoundland and Labrador Prehistory
Instructor: Dr. Lisa Rankin Phone: 737-4808
Office: QC-4009 lrankin@mun.ca
Text:
1. Various Articles on reserve at library
Description:
This course is a survey of the prehistory of Newfoundland and Labrador which spans approximately 9000 years of human occupation in the region, from the entry of humans until the time of European contact. Attention will be paid to the interaction among several ethnic and cultural groups upon whose history the course focuses. We will also examine the legal and ethical issues governing archaeological conduct in the region. While both a reading and lecture course, students will be ask to undertake one large group project. Time will be allotted for work on this assignment during class. However, you should be prepared to spend significant time outside of the class to complete the assignment.
Course Requirements:
The course is a lecture course which includes a major research project. Attendance is not mandatory, but you probably cannot expect to pass the class if you do not attend. The course grade will be calculated from 2 class presentations, 1 in class exam and one written assignment.
The due dates and mark weighting for the assignments and exams are as follows.
Assignment 1: 45% of final grade
In Class Exam 25% of final grade
2 Presentations 15% X 2=30%
Only a note from your medical doctor or your Dean of Studies will be accepted for late assignments and missed exams. Assignments submitted late will receive a 5% grade deduction per business day.
Lecture Outline
Date | Topic | Readings |
Week 1 |
Introduction |
No readings |
Week 1 |
The Landscape and First People |
Reading #1 |
Week 1 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 2 |
The Landscape and First People |
Reading #2 |
Week 2 |
Maritime Archaic, Labrador |
Reading #3 |
Week 2 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 3 |
Maritime Archaic, Labrador |
Reading #4 |
Week 3 |
Maritime Archaic, Newfoundland |
Reading #5 |
Week 3 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 4 |
Maritime Archaic, Newfoundland |
Reading #6 |
Week 4 |
Paleo-eskimo, Labrador |
Reading #7 |
Week 4 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 5 |
Paleo-eskimo, Labrador |
Reading #8 |
Week 5 |
Paleo-eskimo, Newfoundland |
Reading #9 |
Week 5 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 6 |
Paleo-eskimo, Newfoundland |
Reading #10 |
Week 6 |
Mid-term Exam |
No Readings |
Week 6 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 7 |
Mid-term Break |
No Readings |
Week 7 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 7 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 8 |
Intermediate Indians |
Reading #11 |
Week 8 |
Group Presentations |
No Readings |
Week 8 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 9 |
Intermediate Indians |
Reading #12 |
Week 9 |
Thule |
Reading #13 |
Week 9 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 10 |
Inuit |
Reading #14 |
Week 10 |
Inuit |
Reading #15 |
Week 10 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 11 |
Recent Indians |
Reading # 16 |
Week 11 |
Recent Indians |
Reading #17 |
Week 11 |
Group Work |
No Readings |
Week 12 |
Group Presentations |
No Readings |
Week 12 |
The Present Day |
No Readings |
Week 12 |
Group Work |
No Readings
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Week 13 |
Final Paper Due |
No Readings
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Reading List
Reading #1
James A. Tuck
1976 Newfoundland and Labrador Prehistory. National Museum of Man, Ottawa.
Pages 6-14 only
Reading #2
James A. Tuck
1976 Newfoundland and Labrador Prehistory. National Museum of Man, Ottawa.
Pages 36-60 only
Reading #3
Robert McGhee
1976 The Burial at L'Anse-Amour. National Museum of Man, Ottawa. Entire Book
Reading #4
Bryan C. Hood
1993 The Maritime Archaic Indians of Labrador: Investigating Prehistoric Social
Organization. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies 9(2) 163-184. Entire Article
Reading #5
M.A.P. Renouf
1999 Ancient Cultures, Bountiful Seas. The Story of Port Au Choix. Historic Sites
Association of Newfoundland and Labrador. St John's. Pages 20-27 only
Reading #6
James A. Tuck
1976 Newfoundland and Labrador Prehistory. National Museum of Man, Ottawa.
Pages 16-36 only
Reading #7
James A. Tuck
1976 Paleoeskimo Cultures of Northern Labrador. In Eastern Arctic Prehistory:
Paleoeskimo Problems. Moreau Maxwell ed. Memoirs of the Society for
American Archaeology, No. 31, pp. 89-102. Entire Article
Reading #8
William Fitzhugh
1976 Paleoeskimo Occupation of the Labrador Coast. In Eastern Arctic Prehistory:
Paleoeskimo Problems. Moreau Maxwell ed. Memoirs of the Society for
American Archaeology, No. 31, pp. 103-118. Entire Article
Reading #9
James A. Tuck
1976 Newfoundland and Labrador Prehistory. National Museum of Man, Ottawa.
Pages 81-100 only
Reading #10
M.A.P. Renouf
1999 Ancient Cultures, Bountiful Seas. The Story of Port Au Choix. Historic Sites
Association of Newfoundland and Labrador. St John's. Pages 28-49 only
Reading #11
Christopher Nagle
1978 Indian Occupations of the Intermediate Period on the Central Labrador Coast:
A Preliminary Synthesis. Arctic Anthropology XV (2): 119-145. Entire Article
Reading #12
James A. Tuck
1992 Intermediate Indians. www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/intermediate.html
Reading #13
Richard H Jordan and Susan A Kaplan
1980 An Archaeological View of the Inuit/European Contact Period in Central
Labrador. In Études/Inuit/Studies 4(1-2):35-45.
Reading #14
Richard H. Jordan
1978 Archaeological Investigations of the Hamilton Inlet Labrador Eskimo: Social and
Economic Responses to European Contact. Arctic Anthropology XV (2): 175-185.
Reading #15
Marianne P. Stopp
2002 Reconsidering Inuit Presence in Southern Labrador. Études/Inuit/Studies 26
(2):71-106
Reading #16
William Fitzhugh
1978 Winter Cove 4 and the Point Revenge Occupation of the Central Labrador Coast.
Arctic Anthropology XV (2): 146-174. Entire Article
Reading #17
Ralph Pastore
1992 Shanawdithit's People: The Archaeology of the Beothuks. Atlantic Archaeology
Ltd. St. Johns's. Pages 1-27 only
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