Assessing Typological Assumptions of Notched Endblades of Newfoundland and Labrador: An Example from Stock Cove, Newfoundland

• Main Author: Marvin, John Francis
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholars Archive 2019
• Subjects: Archaeological Anthropology; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/curce/2019/posters/41

The Stock Cove site at Newfoundland holds evidence for every culture that has lived on the island dating back to roughly five thousand years ago. Much of this data comes in the form of stone tools, produced by the cultures which once inhabited this region. This study focuses on just two of the cultures which once made Stock Cove their home, the Groswater and the Maritime Archaic peoples. Of all the stone tools that both cultures made use of, this study focuses on endblades. After gathering data on the morphology of the endblades present at the site, the data is then compared to past research conducted in Newfoundland and Labrador. Through intensive analysis and comparison, this study seeks to determine whether the endblades at Stock Cove can be shown to belong to either the Groswater or the Maritime Archaic.