Week Four of Memorial University's 2025 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence Fig. 1 Turpin's Island 2025 official t-shirt...

An exciting find from the third week of excavations on Turpin’s Island, we present a small brass buckle, found while sifting through a...

Our recent archaeological excavations on Turpin’s Island have unburied a fascinating bone button! This artefact, perhaps dating from the...

Week Three of Memorial University's 2025 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence We are halfway there! Excavations have...

Thus far, nails are among the most noteworthy artifacts from our excavations. They were excavated in nearly every Test Pit on the...

We have uncovered many different pieces of rusty metal during our excavation at Turpin’s Island, but none have been more intact and...

Week Two of Memorial University's 2025 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence “Spoiled”, as we say in NL, with the gorgeous...

For today’s artifact of the week, we have a piece of porcelain associated with the Newman & Co. occupation. This beautiful sherd of...

Just as in the 2024 excavation, ceramics (such as whiteware!) have been a common find across the test pits excavated on Turpin’s Island...

Week One of Memorial University's 2025 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence The Memorial University’s Department of...

Countdown to the start of Memorial University's 2025 Field School on Turpin’s Island in Little St. Lawrence! Don't hesitate to come visit...

One of the many interesting artifacts found during our excavations is the Basque tile! These tiles have been found in several test pits...

Week Four of Memorial University's 2024 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence Fig. 1 The fantastic 2024 Memorial...

Week Three of Memorial University's 2024 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence Week three of excavations have begun on...

Ceramics and stoneware are common finds on Turpin's Island, reflecting the island's various periods of occupation. As the site's...

At first glance, one might think this is just an ordinary rock... this, however, is a gunflint! Gunflints were manufactured primarily by...

Week Two of Memorial University's 2024 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence Turpin’s Island archaeological project led by...

Ceramics have been found across many of the test pits excavated on Turpin’s Island. One of the most interesting types of these is...

Fragments of clay smoking pipes are frequently found in archaeological sites featuring occupations dating between the 16th and the 20th...

Week One at Memorial's 2024 Field School on Turpin’s Island, Little St. Lawrence Memorial archaeology field school led by Dr. Catherine...