A Chronology of Palaeoeskimo Research in Newfoundland

 

Year 

Event 

1875  Lloyd's publication in which he suggests that Beothuk artifacts might belong to "Esquimos."
(Lloyd 1875) 
1910  A.V. Kidder surveys west coast 
(unpublished)
1915  Howley's publication in which he also admits possibility that Beothuk artifacts are in fact Dorset.
(Howley 1915) 
1927 and 1929  Wintemberg and Jenness survey the west coast 
(Wintemberg 1939, 1940)
1940  De Laguna's publication of analysis of soapstone on island
(De Laguna 1940) 
1949 and 1950 Harp surveys southern Labrador and Northern Newfoundland (St.of Belle Isle) 
(Harp 1951)
1961-1964  Harp continues work along west coast of Newfoundland 
(Harp 1964)
1965 Devereux surveys parts of Newfoundland - Cape Ray, Pope's Point, Beaches 
(Devereux 1965,1966, 1969)
1967 and 1968  Linnamae excavates Cape Ray and Pittman sites 
(Linnamae 1975)
1968  Harp's and Hughes' publication of Dorset human bones from Gargamelle Rock Shelter near Port au Choix.
(Harp and Hughes 1968)
1969 Tuck excavates Englee on the east coast of northern Peninsula 
(Tuck 1976)
Raymond LeBlanc (1974) does faunal analysis.
1971 Linnamae surveys Placentia Bay 
(Linnamae 1971)
1972  Fitzhugh's important publication of Groswater in central Labrador 
(Fitzhugh 1972)
1972  Tuck surveys Gros Morne National Park 
(Tuck 1972)
1972 and 1973  Carignan excavates the Beaches site 
(Carignan 1975a)
1973 Bishop excavates Norris Point 
(Bishop 1974)
1974  Tuck and Andersen publication of Dorset human bones from Crow Head Cave near Port au Choix.
(Tuck and Anderson 1974)
1975  Carignan surveys west coast (Port au Port area)
(Carignan 1975b)
1975  Linnamae's results of southwest/northeast coast excavations published
1977  Fitzhugh launches Torngat Archaeological Project in Labrador
(Fitzhugh 1980)
late 1970's  Tuck conducts excavations at Cow Head 
(Tuck 1978)
1979  Tuck conducts survey and testing programme at Terra Nova National Park
(Tuck 1980)
1979-1981 Penney surveys south coast 
1980  Penney excavates L'Anse a Flamme 
(Penney 1981, 1985)
1980  Sawicki excavates sites in Bonavista Bay 
(Sawicki 1984)
1981 Nagle spends 2 weeks investigating the Fleur de Lys soapstone quarry
(Nagle 1982) 
1981  Pastore surveys parts of eastern Notre Dame Bay 
(Pastore 1982)
1981  Evans excavates Frenchman's Island Site 
(Evans 1981)
1981 Auger excavates Factory Cove - 1st assignment to Groswater 
(Auger 1982, 1984, 1986)
Francis Stewart and Stephan Cumbaa conduct faunal analysis
1981  Robbins excavates Stock Cove - suggests regionality with Dorset 
(Robbins 1985)
1982  Auger and Tuck excavate Broom Point 
(Tuck and Auger 1982)
1982  Auger and Tuck excavate Shambler's Cove 
(Tuck 1983)
1983  Simpson conducts an extensive survey of Port au Port region 
(Simpson 1986)
1984  Krol excavates Broom Point, Gros Morne National Park
(Krol 1986)
1984  Renouf begins a multi-seasonal programme of investigation at Port au Choix - season of reconnaissance and survey
(Renouf 1985)
1985  Renouf continues excavations at Port au Choix - season of excavation. (Renouf 1986)
1986  Renouf continues excavations at Port au Choix - season of excavation. 
Brown (1988) - summary of osteological material from Dorset burials in region
(Renouf 1987)
1986  Brenda Kennett assists Renouf in excavation of Phillip's Garden East 
(Kennett 1991)
Analytical essays of Palaeoeskimo Research around this time:
Pastore 1986, Jordan 1986, Tuck and Fitzhugh 1986, Renouf 1990
1988  Schwarz spends 2 months excavating the Gambo II site.
(Schwarz 1989)
1990  Schwarz - Ph.D thesis on short-term and long-term prehistoric occupations in Newfoundland and the Arctic
(Schwarz 1990)
1990  Renouf resumes excavations at Port au Choix 
(Renouf 1991)
1991  Renouf continues excavations at Port au Choix
(Renouf 1992)
1992  Murray conducts a faunal analysis of Feature 1 at Port au Choix
(Murray 1992)
1992  Renouf continues excavations at Port au Choix
(Renouf 1993) 
1995  Erwin examines the contemporaneity of houses at Phillip's Garden, Port au Choix 
(Erwin 1996)
1996  LeBlanc investigates the nature and extent of Groswater mobility along the Quebec North Shore, Labrador and northwestern Newfoundland.
(LeBlanc 1997)
1998  Fogt discovers a Dorset dwelling at Cape Ray, and investigates site function
(Fogt 1998)
  

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