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Artefact of the Week Series: Basque Tiles, From Roofs to Ballasts
One of the many interesting artifacts found during our excavations is the Basque tile! These tiles have been found in several test pits...
Catherine Losier
Aug 23, 20242 min read
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Last-Minute Discoveries, Extra Fun… Farewell Turpin’s Island, See You Next Year
Week Four of Memorial University's 2024 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence Fig. 1 The fantastic 2024 Memorial...
Catherine Losier
Jul 30, 20246 min read
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Over the Hump and (Almost) Out of the Test Pits!
Week Three of Memorial University's 2024 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence Week three of excavations have begun on...
Catherine Losier
Jul 19, 20245 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: Drumroll Please! We have some Grès Normand
Ceramics and stoneware are common finds on Turpin's Island, reflecting the island's various periods of occupation. As the site's...
Catherine Losier
Jul 15, 20241 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: Don't jump the gunflint!
At first glance, one might think this is just an ordinary rock... this, however, is a gunflint! Gunflints were manufactured primarily by...
Catherine Losier
Jul 10, 20242 min read
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Excavations Are Progressing! Northwest We Go!
Week Two of Memorial University's 2024 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence Turpin’s Island archaeological project led by...
Catherine Losier
Jul 10, 20245 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: Wedgwood Wonders, The Charm of Pealware
Ceramics have been found across many of the test pits excavated on Turpin’s Island. One of the most interesting types of these is...
Catherine Losier
Jul 7, 20241 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: "This is not a pipe" Oh wait! Yes, it is!
Fragments of clay smoking pipes are frequently found in archaeological sites featuring occupations dating between the 16th and the 20th...
Catherine Losier
Jul 2, 20242 min read
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Turpin's Island excavations have officially begun!
Week One at Memorial's 2024 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence Memorial archaeology field school led by Dr. Catherine...
Catherine Losier
Jul 1, 20244 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: Tobacco and Clay Pipes in Seafaring Culture
Not long after tobacco was introduced to Europe in the beginning of the 16th century, clay pipes became a popular and affordable item...
Catherine Losier
Aug 11, 20222 min read
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A Boat Tour, the 19th Century at l'Anse and a Goodbye
Week Four at MUN's 2022 Field School at Anse à Bertrand, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon We are a little bit very late with this post… sorry...
Catherine Losier
Aug 11, 20225 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: Grab Your Marbles, Let's Play Capture!
Marbles have been around for thousands of years, but the marbles we know and love today started being produced in Germany in the mid...
Catherine Losier
Jul 22, 20222 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: Have a Glass of Pernod Anise at Anse à Bertrand!
Pictured below is the seal from a bottle of Pernod Anise, a modified version of Pernod Absinthe, that we found fragmented but almost...
Catherine Losier
Jul 22, 20222 min read
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Archaeology on the TV and Radio, Lobster & Bastille day
Week Three at MUN’s Field School at Anse à Bertrand, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Week three at Anse à Bertrand started on a Saturday morning...
Catherine Losier
Jul 22, 20226 min read
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It’s Always Sunny in Anse à Bertrand (Except When It Is Not)
La version française sera disponible bientôt Week Two at MUN's 2022 Field School at Anse à Bertrand, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Week two at...
Catherine Losier
Jul 14, 20226 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: Graphite Rod, Battery and the Advent of Motorized Dories
Graphite rod were used in powering motorized dories during the 20th century. As most people familiar with the history of Saint-Pierre and...
Catherine Losier
Jul 14, 20222 min read
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Artefact of the week series: "Élixir du Guillet" Cures Every Diseases
The Anse à Bertrand site contains lots of interesting artifacts, one such artifact is this seal from an old French medicine bottle. The...
Catherine Losier
Jul 14, 20221 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: Archeospm Loves Linoleum Since Circa 2017
Linoleum is an organic based flooring made primarily from oxidized linseed oil. Invented by the Englishman Frederick Walton in 1860 it...
Catherine Losier
Jul 10, 20221 min read
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Artefact of the Week Series: Stoneware, Alcohol and Rumrunning
The first examples of salt-glazed stoneware include Bellarmine or Bartmann (bearded man) jugs from 15th century Germany. The Bartmann...
Catherine Losier
Jul 10, 20221 min read
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Archaeology Returns to Anse à Bertrand
Version française ici Week One at MUN's 2022 Field School at Anse à Bertrand, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon For the first time since the...
Catherine Losier
Jul 6, 20223 min read
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