A 16th-Century Basque Whaling Station in Labrador
Less than 100 years after Columbus there was a thriving Spanish whaling industry in Canadian waters. For the first time evidence of it has been found in archives, on the shore and on the bottom
An Archaic Indian Burial Mound in Labrador
Ancient burial mounds are usually associated with large, stable agricultural societies. Yet the oldest mound known, now found on a subarctic shore, was made by a band of hunters and gatherers
The Iroquois Confederacy
This alliance of Woodland Indian tribes played a significant role during the European colonization of North America. Excavations in New York now cast new light on their origins and social evolution
An Archaic Indian Cemetery in Newfoundland
Little has been known about the hunters and gatherers who roamed northeastern North America 4,000 years and more ago. The richness of their culture is now disclosed by work at a beach burial ground