Most of the photographs seen in the expedition journal were taken by Jacob Marchman or William Fitzhugh. At the end of the work, all excavated areas were filled in and covered with sod. Most of the ride was in the tail end of a big storm that engulfed us all the way to Newfoundland.
Much of the day was spent tidying up and getting ready to leave at the first opportunity. Maybe this year we could organize an effort to add names to most of the people in the photos. This is exactly what it was like last year: it recognizes the processing of the application ("it's in the queue").
It's nice to be in a quiet place for the night and out of the messy sea. Molly found another iron trap at the edge of the Chalet clearing on our way to House 3. A caribou skull was found in the NE corner of the unit just below the bush.
She started testing Pit 3 in the outer part of the entrance to see if there was a waste bin outside the entrance.
Topography
Results and Interpretations
The objectives of the 2015 survey were to expand NG-sponsored surveys begun in 2014 in the Narrows and Double Mer and to extend this coverage to the unexplored region of southern Groswater Bay. To that end, I gave a community lecture early in our work, highlighting highlights of the Hamilton Inlet projects from 1968 to 1975. Surveys of the south coast of Groswater Bay were carried out over a period of four days, and yielded excellent results at the Indian Island group, an island off Snooks Cove, and Mason's Island.
An important source was the autumn hunt for harp seals, and hoards related to the conservation of these animals represent the majority of the archaeological evidence we have found. All the islands surveyed had abundant boulder hoards on the beaches, ranging from near the modern shores to higher, earlier beach lines far offshore. This place was found on a high rocky beach near the crest of the island, and must have been far from the present coast when inhabited.
The only possible Inuit site we found was a tent ring on a small low point on the west side of Indian Island Harbour, West Indian Island. The abundance of stone pits and dwelling structures indicates a long history of exploitation of the region's seal resources, especially harp seals. Inuit winter village and evidence for Inuit occupations on the Lower North Shore of Quebec in general.
The upper levels of the interior produced caribou skulls and bones, and many medium and small sized nails were found in the buried cultural floor containing rudimentary remains of a plank floor, and possibly of a sofa bed. But we didn't dig into the rear or side areas of the house, where sofa beds are likely buried under collapsed walls. This feature appears to have been located outside the walls of the house, or under a secondary roof adjacent to the entrance passage.
Another novel feature of this house, which also distinguished it from contemporary Labrador Inuit dwellings on Labrador's central coast, was a plank-lined drainage ditch that extended diagonally downward in line with the center of the entrance passage. Finally, the superposition of the hearth mound on top of the house's floor deposits and the absence of a clearly defined stone doorway suggest that the house may have been renovated after its initial occupation. The presence of a charcoal layer on top of the plank floors in the interior and entrance area may also indicate a catastrophic fire that necessitated rebuilding and redecoration.
Copies conservées au gouvernement du Québec, ministère de la Culture et de la Communication et publiées en ligne : http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/. 2014b Basques et Inuits à Hare Harbour-1 et au site du Chalet Inuit Hart sur la Basse-Côte-Nord du Québec. 2008 Baleines, morues et Basques : L'archéologie d'un site basque du XVIIe siècle à Saint-Pierre.
Artifact Catalog (Anja Herzog)
LOWER NORTH SHORE 2015 ARTIFACT CATALOG 1 Project Director: William Fitzhugh Artifact Catalog: Anja Herzog Artifact no. 9.1 x 7.6 x 1.2 to 2.3 cm edge/corner fragment, central groove on edge, horizontal groove under edge, mounting hole in corner, largely covered in black soot Bag 3; William Fitzhugh. Diameter: 1.3 cm small musket ball, covered with lead corrosion and ferrocorrosion Bag 3; William Fitzhugh.
LOWER NORTH SHORE 2015 ARTIFACT CATALOG 2 Project Manager: William Fitzhugh Artifact Catalogue: Anja Herzog Artifact No. Complete and fragmentary Length: 2.5 to 9.2 cm 7 complete nails and 3 fragments (2 shaft fragments, one with head); large flat heads; some with traces of crystallized wood Jake Marchman. LOWER NORTH SHORE 2015 ARTIFACT CATALOG 3 Project manager: William Fitzhugh Artifact Catalogue: Anja Herzog Artifact no.
1.5 cm one large complete, one medium-sized complete and two small complete nails, five fragments with heads, six shank fragments and two pointed fragments Jake Marchman. LOWER NORTH SHORE 2015 ARTIFACT CATALOG 4 Project Director: William Fitzhugh Artifact Catalogue: Anja Herzog Artifact no. Complete and fragmentary Length: 1.9 to 9.4 cm one large fragmentary, four medium-sized complete and one small complete nail, six shank fragments, two point fragments and seven fragments with head Patrick Jolicoeur/Katie Portman.
LOWER NORTH SHORE ARTIFACT CATALOG 2015 5 Project Director: William Fitzhugh Artifact Catalogue: Anja Herzog Artifact no. Complete and fragmentary Length: 2.4 to 9.7 cm eight complete nails, four shaft fragments, three large head fragments, two tip fragments Patrick Jolicoeur/Katie Portman. Fits 2 fragments. Length: 3.6 cm; 7.5 cm one medium and one small nail, trapped in corrosion of crystallized wood Patrick Jolicoeur/Katie Portman.
5.1 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm flat unidentifiable fragment trapped in a large mass of corrosion Bag 3; Patrick Jolicoeur/Kat ie Portman. LOWER NORTH SHORE ARTIFACT CATALOG 2015 7 Project Director: William Fitzhugh Artifact Catalog: Anja Herzog Artifact no. Complete and partial Length: 3.3 to 9.5 cm 2 medium-sized whole nails, one stem fragment and one fragment with a large head Patrick Jolicoeur.
Fauna Reports
Les restes squelettiques ont été identifiés par Claire St-Germain à l'aide de la collection de référence de l'Ostéothèque de Montréal Inc., située dans les bâtiments du Département d'anthropologie de l'Université de Montréal. La compilation des données et la rédaction de l'analyse ont été réalisées par Claire St-Germain. Ce rapport présente les données de l'analyse des restes squelettiques des sites de l'île Little Canso (EhBn-9) et du Chalet Hart (EiBh-47) sur la Basse-Côte-Nord de la province de Québec.
Cependant, un examen rapide de l'ensemble de la collection ostéologique révèle que très peu de restes squelettiques n'appartiennent pas à la classe des mammifères (et la plupart appartiendraient à la catégorie des grands mammifères). Toutes les données primaires ont été enregistrées sur les fiches d'identification de l'Ostéothèque de Montréal, Inc. (déterminations zoologiques et anatomiques, localisation du squelette, latéralité des parties anatomiques et informations taphonomiques - modifications et traces). Ils ont été saisis à l'aide de fichiers Excel calqués sur les fiches d'identification de l'Osteothèque.
Lorsque les preuves anatomiques présentes le permettaient, l'évaluation de la contribution relative des taxons a également été estimée en calculant le nombre minimum d'individus de fréquence (NMI)2. Mammifères marins Comprend les cétacés, les odobénidés (morses) et les phocidés (espèces de phoques). Cétacés Comprend les odontocètes (baleines à dents) et les mysticètes (baleines à fanons). Parmi les os de cerfs, certains appartiennent à un animal très élancé (un jeune ?) et d'autres à un grand cerf.
Certains os de cerf sont brisés (avec parfois des marques d'impact) et un cubitus a été mâché par un carnivore. Les éléments anatomiques des phocidés proviennent des os antérieurs (NR = 7) et postérieurs (NR = , 11), ainsi que de la colonne vertébrale (NR = 9), mais principalement du crâne, comprenant de nombreuses bulles tympaniques (NR = 31). ) . plus de la moitié des restes de phosides). Quant aux frontaux avec bois, dans un cas les bois tombaient lors de l'abattage de l'animal (fuseau sans bois) tandis que pour l'autre l'animal portait ses bois au moment de l'abattage et ceux-ci furent coupés.
Comme les os de caribous, plusieurs os de cerfs présentent des traces de fracture anthropique et quelques-uns présentent de fines traces de boucherie. Certains os de phoque sont consommés (cortex « dissous » par les acides gastriques) et une épiphyse distale du radius montre une pathologie (tissu osseux poreux). Deux mandibules gauches complètes appartiennent plus probablement au chien (NMI = 2) ; l'une d'elles montre une pathologie pouvant résulter d'une infection (gonflement du corps mandibulaire et de la cavité alvéolaire de la molaire carnassière pénétrée par de l'os poreux).
Les autres os de baleine sont des fragments de vertèbres (dont deux morceaux collés ensemble). Association québécoise des regroupements d'ornithologues du Québec, Société québécoise de protection des oiseaux, Service canadien de la faune, Environnement Canada, région du Québec, Montréal.
Radiocarbon Dating Report
