The Early Modern New Found Land

Historical archaeology has significantly revised traditional narratives of early modern Newfoundland, particularly challenging the notion of colonial failure. Key excavations at Red Bay Basque Whaling Station, L’Anse aux Meadows, and seventeenth-century colonial sites in Cupids and Ferryland have uncovered critical traces of European transatlantic expansion. These findings, alongside research on the French colony of Plaisance and the ethnohistory of the Beothuk people, highlight the complex and multifaceted nature of early modern settlement and migration in the region.

Pope, P. (2017). The Early Modern New Found Land. The Oxford Handbook of Historical Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199562350.013.40