ORCID
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9888-7168
Date of Award
Spring 2025
Language
English
Embargo Period
4-30-2025
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of Anthropology
Program
Anthropology
First Advisor
Christopher Wolff
Committee Members
Sean Rafferty, M. Gabriel Hrynick
Keywords
Newfoundland, Maritime Archaic, Stock Cove, Landscape Learning, Debitage Analysis, Island Archaeology
Subject Categories
Archaeological Anthropology
Abstract
The Stock Cove site (CkAL-3), located on the southeastern coast of Newfoundland, is an archaeologically rich multi-component site. The Maritime Archaic (ca. 8,000-3,200 BP) culture was the earliest people to inhabit the island of Newfoundland and the Stock Cove site, settling the island by at least 6,400 years ago. Their ability to maintain lithic traditions was key to their success. Finding new sources of lithic material would have been necessary and that process would have varied greatly across the island. In southeastern Newfoundland, far away from key lithic sources on the mainland, this would have been even more important as exchange networks were increasingly stretched.
This study examines the raw materials of debitage and tools, recovered from the only known Maritime Archaic domestic site in Newfoundland. Through an aggregate analysis, the raw material provided an insight into the landscape learning by its earliest inhabitants, site use patterns, lithic production strategies, and more broadly the peopling process and colonization of the region.
License
This work is licensed under the University at Albany Standard Author Agreement.
Recommended Citation
Keil, Dana M., "The Maritime Archaic Occupation of the Stock Cove Site (CkAl-3), Newfoundland, Canada" (2025). Electronic Theses & Dissertations (2024 - present). 191.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/etd/191
