Continuing Excavations at Sabbath Point (DeBd-08), Red Indian Lake, Newfoundland

Donald H Holly, Christopher Wolff, James Williamson, Amanda Samuels, Dana Yakabowskas, Madeline Illenberg

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Abstract

The Sabbath Point site (DeBd-08) consists of a single, large, hexagonal-shaped Beothuk housepit. The housepit is remarkable in many respects: for its large size and uncommon design; for having (so far) escaped destruction from logging and flooding; for seemingly not being embedded within a large cluster of other housepits; for yielding abundant and well-preserved faunal remains and a few extraordinary iron artifacts; for dating to a pivotal moment in Beothuk history; and for remaining undiscovered for so long
Original languageAmerican English
JournalProvincial Archaeology Office 2019 Archaeology Review
Volume18
StatePublished - Apr 2020

Disciplines

  • Archaeological Anthropology

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