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4/21/2007
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Canadian Archaeological Association 2007 in St. John's
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The Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA) Conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
The 40th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA) was held at the Fairmont Hotel, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador from May 16-20, 2007. Over three hundred archaeologists from across Canada and around the world attended what proved to be a very successful four days of presentations, discussions and socializing. The Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation’s Chief Archaeologist, William Gilbert, attended the conference and presented two papers: one on his work at the site of the oldest English settlement in Canada at Cupids and another on his work on the Indian sites at Russell’s Point and Dildo Island.
Among the various excursions associated with the conference was a day long boat trip from Dildo to Stock Cove in Trinity Bay conducted on Sunday, May 20 by Dildo Island Adventure Tours and lead by William Gilbert. The trip retraced the route followed by John Guy’s party aboard the bark Indeavour between October 26 and November 3, 1612 when the colonists were attempting to meet and establish friendly relations with the Beothuk.
Fifteen archaeologists from as far afield as St. John’s, Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatchewan, Edmonton, New York and New Mexico took part in the trip which lasted from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.. Although the weather was foggy with scattered showers of rain, everyone learned a little more about an important chapter in Newfoundland’s early history and thoroughly enjoy the day. No doubt it was an adventure that everyone will remember for many years to come.
You can find out more about the Canadian Archaeological Association by clicking
here. William Gilbert's 1990 paper on John Guy's voyage into Trinity Bay is available online from Newfoundland and Labrador Studies.
Main image: Stock Cove where John Guy’s party saw nine Beothuk houses on November 3, 1612. Others, left to right: Beothuk arrowheads from Trinity Bay; a 1628 depiction of Guy’s party meeting Beothuk in Bull Arm by Matthaus Merian; CAA 2007 logo created by Peter Ramsden.
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1/17/2007
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SHA at Jamestown
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 SHA Annual Conference in Williamsburg/Jamestown
2007 marks the 400 anniversary of the establishment of the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia. The colony was established on May 13, 1607 and celebrations will be ongoing throughout the coming year in the United States. The first event in the year-long celebrations was the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) annual conference which was held in Williamsburg, located a few miles east of Jamestown, from January 10 to January 14.
William Gilbert attended the conference and presented a paper on the discoveries made
at Cupids, Canada’s oldest English settlement, over the past twelve years. He also toured the site and exhibits in Jamestown. Click here to find out more about archaeology in Jamestown. To find out more about the Society for Historical Archaeology click here.
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10/13/2006
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"Divers Places" Now Online
William Gilbert's 1990 paper, "'Divers Places': The Beothuk Indians and John Guy's Voyage into Trinity Bay in 1612", is now available online in portable document format (PDF)from Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. The paper retraces the route followed by Guy's party around Trinity Bay in October and November 1612 and combines documentary and archaeological evidence to locate the eight Beothuk camps recorded by John Guy and Henry Crout during the voyage. You can go directly to "Divers Places" by clicking here.
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