The Complexity of Archaeological Site Revisits: A Case Study from Labrador

Summary

The five sites recorded in Junius Bird’s 1934 survey of the Hopedale area are both culturally important to the local Inuit community and to the history of the creation of archaeological narratives about the Labrador Inuit. Recently, the Hopedale and Nunatsiavut governments have stated a desire for additional archaeological research prompting Memorial University to revisit the Avertok and Karmakulluk sites to conduct additional excavations. In the 83 years that have passed since Bird’s work, many transformations have occurred within archaeological theory and methodology and this time period has also seen many transformations within the town of Hopedale and its community. The effects of these transformations on the current research are complex, presenting both advantages and disadvantages and impacting both the data obtained and how it is interpreted and utilized.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 22025