Between a Rock and a Coastal Place: Analysis of Archaic Raw Material Use at Stock Cove, Newfoundland

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Maritime Archaic (ca. 8,000-3,200 BP) were the earliest peoples to inhabit the island of Newfoundland. As they settled the island around 6,000 years ago, their ability to maintain lithic traditions were key to their success. Finding new sources of lithic material would have been necessary and that process would have varied greatly across the island. In southeastern Newfoundland, far away from key lithic sources on the mainland, this would have been even more important as exchange networks were increasingly stretched. This study examines raw materials recovered from the earliest documented site in southeastern Newfoundland, the Stock Cove site, through analyses of its debitage patterns during the Archaic occupation. The material provides an insight into landscape learning by its earliest inhabitants, site use patterns, lithic production strategies, and more broadly, the peopling process of the region.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25570