RESEARCH

Amina Anthropological Resources Association is currently involved with producing the book A Decade of Research in Bird Cove-Plum Point: Contributions to the Human and Natural History of Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula. This treatise is an interdisciplinary work, which highlights the most important discoveries, and resulting issues, based on ten years of research in the area. Volume contributors explore such topics as: the daily rituals of the Maritime Archaic Indians based on one of the few intact Archaic habitation sites on the island; the length and reasons for the occupation of Newfoundland by its first Paleoeskimo cultures; Newfoundland and Labrador Recent Indian relations; and the early interaction of Basque fisherman and aboriginal people. Additional subjects include geology, botany, and conservation as well as community perspectives on the local benefits of academic research.  

The year 2007 will be the tenth anniversary of the Bird Cove-Plum Point archaeology project and it is intended that the release of this publication will coincide with that milestone. The public reception of the book is important since the Bird Cove-Plum Point archaeology project was borne out of community effort to begin a tourism venture that would offset economic disaster after the cod fishery collapse. Up to $5000 in financial assistance is currently available for publishing this book courtesy of Amina Anthropological Resources Association. One of the greatest accomplishments of this celebratory volume will be its ability to provide insights into research questions that previously were impossible to tackle without the new data gathered by this project.   

This book was conceived by Latonia Hartery, director of the Bird Cove-Plum Point Archaeology project. It is being co-edited with Steven Cox. See below for a Table Of Contents.

Also see Current Projects and Productions.

A Decade of Research in Bird Cove - Plum Point:
Contributions to the Human and Natural History of Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula.

Editors: Latonia Hartery (PhD Candidate U Calgary) and Dr. Steve Cox (PhD Harvard) 

1. Introduction
(Author: Latonia Hartery)

2. Community Initiatives and Development: A Local Perspective on the Archaeology at Bird Cove-Plum Point
(Author: Dale Kennedy, BA Phil) 

3. Big Droke-1 and Caines: A Rare Maritime Archaic Indian Habitation Site and Workshop
(Author: Latonia Hartery) 

4. Peat Garden: Assessing Longevity of the Groswater Occupation of Newfoundland
(Authors: Latonia Hartery and Tim Rast, MA Anth) 

5. Food and Medicinal Plants of the Northern Peninsula: The Case of Bird Cove
(Author: Dr. Martin Kilmer) 

6. Basque and Inuit Interactions at Old Ferolle Island and in the Strait of Belle Isle: Insights from Early Historic Documents
(Author:  Dr. Selma Huxley Barkham) 

7. The North Cove Recent Indians: Square Peg in a Round Hole
(Author: Stephen Hull, MA Anth) 

8. Dorset Paleoeskimo Habitation and Hunting Camps in Bird Cove
(Authors: Mark Penney, MA Anth, and Latonia Hartery) 

9. A Short History of the Geology of the Bird Cove-Plum Point Area
(Authors: Drs. Doug Boyce and Ian Knight) 

10. Location and Preservation: A Conservator’s Assessment of the Archaeology and History of Bird Cove-Plum Point
(Author: Miki Lee, BA Anth, MA Conservation) 

References 

Appendix: List of Reports and Other Publications on Bird Cove-Plum Point

Copyright © AARA 2006 - Site designed and developed by Dale Kennedy / Latonia Hartery

Above: Investigations at Seal Point

Top Left: Shovel Testing 2005, Bird Cove

Top Right: Stone partitions on Old Ferrole Island

Background: Bird Blind ("Duck Gaze")

© Dale Kennedy