Paper presented at the 22nd Inuit Studies Conference, Winnipeg, June 2022. by Lisa Rankin and Bel... more Paper presented at the 22nd Inuit Studies Conference, Winnipeg, June 2022. by Lisa Rankin and Belinda Webb
Paper presented at the 54th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference 2022, Edmonton,... more Paper presented at the 54th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference 2022, Edmonton, April 2022. By Laura Kelvin and Lisa Rankin
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Amanda Crompton at the Canadian Coastal Histories Conference, ... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Amanda Crompton at the Canadian Coastal Histories Conference, (Digital) November 2021.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Peter Ramsden at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for Am... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Peter Ramsden at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, (digital) April 2021.
Paper Presented by Lisa Rankin, Laura Kelvin, Marjorie Flowers and Charlotte Wolfrey at the 21st ... more Paper Presented by Lisa Rankin, Laura Kelvin, Marjorie Flowers and Charlotte Wolfrey at the 21st Inuit Studies Conference. Montreal, October 2019.
Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Quebec City, M... more Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Quebec City, May 2019.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Barry Gaulton at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for Am... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Barry Gaulton at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, April 2019.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Jamie Brake at the 51st Annual Canadian Archaeological Associa... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Jamie Brake at the 51st Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Winnipeg, May 2018.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Peter Ramsden at the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeol... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Peter Ramsden at the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting. Halifax, October 2018.
Paper presented at the 50th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Gatineau, May... more Paper presented at the 50th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Gatineau, May 2017.
Paper presented at the 22nd Inuit Studies Conference, Winnipeg, June 2022. by Lisa Rankin and Bel... more Paper presented at the 22nd Inuit Studies Conference, Winnipeg, June 2022. by Lisa Rankin and Belinda Webb
Paper presented at the 54th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference 2022, Edmonton,... more Paper presented at the 54th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference 2022, Edmonton, April 2022. By Laura Kelvin and Lisa Rankin
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Amanda Crompton at the Canadian Coastal Histories Conference, ... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Amanda Crompton at the Canadian Coastal Histories Conference, (Digital) November 2021.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Peter Ramsden at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for Am... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Peter Ramsden at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, (digital) April 2021.
Paper Presented by Lisa Rankin, Laura Kelvin, Marjorie Flowers and Charlotte Wolfrey at the 21st ... more Paper Presented by Lisa Rankin, Laura Kelvin, Marjorie Flowers and Charlotte Wolfrey at the 21st Inuit Studies Conference. Montreal, October 2019.
Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Quebec City, M... more Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Quebec City, May 2019.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Barry Gaulton at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for Am... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Barry Gaulton at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, April 2019.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Jamie Brake at the 51st Annual Canadian Archaeological Associa... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Jamie Brake at the 51st Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Winnipeg, May 2018.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Peter Ramsden at the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeol... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Peter Ramsden at the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting. Halifax, October 2018.
Paper presented at the 50th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Gatineau, May... more Paper presented at the 50th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Gatineau, May 2017.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Vince Jankunis at the 50th Annual Canadian Archaeological Asso... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Vince Jankunis at the 50th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Gatineau, May 2017.
Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Barry Gaulton at the Association for Critical Heritage Studies... more Paper presented by Lisa Rankin and Barry Gaulton at the Association for Critical Heritage Studies. Montreal, June 2016.
Paper presented at the 49th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Whitehorse, M... more Paper presented at the 49th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. Whitehorse, May 2016.
________________________________________________________________ Memorial University, located in ... more ________________________________________________________________ Memorial University, located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, was created in 1925 to help build a better future for the people of Canada's easternmost province, whose largely rural fishing communities were rapidly transforming through industrialization and urbanization. Mandated by a ''special obligation to the people of the province,'' university archaeologists embraced applied, community-based projects which encouraged local solutions to the social and economic issues arising from the transformation to modernity. Today, community archaeology remains integral to our research program and the majority of our research is undertaken in partnership with rural and Indigenous populations who continue to be marginalized both geographically and economically. Two case studies describe how archaeological resources are being used to promote economic and social justice, as well as reconciliation, and how archaeology has the potential to make valuable local contributions that change lives in the present.
Sled dogs were an integral part of Labrador Inuit life from the initial expansion and settlement ... more Sled dogs were an integral part of Labrador Inuit life from the initial expansion and settlement of northeastern Canada to the present day. Tasked with pulling sleds and assisting people with other subsistence activities in the winter, dogs required regular provisioning with protein and fat. In this paper, we conduct stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis of the skeletal remains of dogs (n = 35) and wild fauna (n = 68) from sites located on the north and south coasts of Labrador to characterize dog provisioning between the 15th to early 19th centuries. In addition, we analyse bone (n = 20) and dentine (n = 4) collagen from dogs from Double Mer Point, a communal house site in Hamilton Inlet to investigate how dog diets intersected with Inuit subsistence and trade activities at a local level. We find that dog diets were largely composed of marine mammal protein, but that dogs on the north coast consumed more caribou and fish relative to dogs from the central and south coast sites. The diets of dogs from Double Mer Point were the most heterogenous of any site, suggesting long-distance movement of people and/or animals along the coast.
Voices on Inuit Leadership and Self-Determination in Canada, 2020
Tom Gordon, Dave Lough and Lisa K. Rankin authors.
Edited by Dave Lough, pp. 11-21. ISER Press, ... more Tom Gordon, Dave Lough and Lisa K. Rankin authors. Edited by Dave Lough, pp. 11-21. ISER Press, St. John’s.
Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors... more Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Paleo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental elements from a total of 922 North American Arctic dogs and wolves spanning over 4500 years. Our analyses revealed that dogs from Inuit sites dating from 2000 BP possess morphological and genetic signatures that distinguish them from earlier Paleo-Inuit dogs, and identified a novel mitochondrial clade in eastern Siberia and Alaska. The genetic legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in modern Arctic sledge dogs despite phenotypic differences between archaeological and modern Arctic dogs. Together, our data reveal that Inuit dogs derive from a s...
Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors... more Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Paleo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental elements from a total of 922 North American Arctic dogs and wolves spanning over 4500 years. Our analyses revealed that dogs from Inuit sites dating from 2000 BP possess morphological and genetic signatures that distinguish them from earlier Paleo-Inuit dogs, and identified a novel mitochondrial clade in eastern Siberia and Alaska. The genetic legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in modern Arctic sledge dogs despite phenotypic differences between archaeological and modern Arctic dogs. Together, our data reveal that Inuit dogs derive from a s...
Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors... more Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Paleo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental elements from a total of 922 North American Arctic dogs and wolves spanning over 4500 years. Our analyses revealed that dogs from Inuit sites dating from 2000 BP possess morphological and genetic signatures that distinguish them from earlier Paleo-Inuit dogs, and identified a novel mitochondrial clade in eastern Siberia and Alaska. The genetic legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in modern Arctic sledge dogs despite phenotypic differences between archaeological and modern Arctic dogs. Together, our data reveal that Inuit dogs derive from a s...
Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors... more Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Paleo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental elements from a total of 922 North American Arctic dogs and wolves spanning over 4500 years. Our analyses revealed that dogs from Inuit sites dating from 2000 BP possess morphological and genetic signatures that distinguish them from earlier Paleo-Inuit dogs, and identified a novel mitochondrial clade in eastern Siberia and Alaska. The genetic legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in modern Arctic sledge dogs despite phenotypic differences between archaeological and modern Arctic dogs. Together, our data reveal that Inuit dogs derive from a s...
Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors... more Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Paleo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental elements from a total of 922 North American Arctic dogs and wolves spanning over 4500 years. Our analyses revealed that dogs from Inuit sites dating from 2000 BP possess morphological and genetic signatures that distinguish them from earlier Paleo-Inuit dogs, and identified a novel mitochondrial clade in eastern Siberia and Alaska. The genetic legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in modern Arctic sledge dogs despite phenotypic differences between archaeological and modern Arctic dogs. Together, our data reveal that Inuit dogs derive from a s...
Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors... more Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Palaeo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental elements from a total of 922 North American Arctic dogs and wolves spanning over 4500 years. Our analyses revealed that dogs from Inuit sites dating from 2000 BP possess morphological and genetic signatures that distinguish them from earlier Palaeo-Inuit dogs, and identified a novel mitochondrial clade in eastern Siberia and Alaska. The genetic legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in modern Arctic sledge dogs despite phenotypic differences between archaeological and modern Arctic dogs. Together, our data reveal that Inuit dogs derive from a secondary pre-contact migration of dogs distinct from Palaeo-Inuit dogs, and probably aided the Inuit expansion across the North American Arctic beginning around 1000 BP.
Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors... more Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Paleo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental elements from a total of 922 North American Arctic dogs and wolves spanning over 4500 years. Our analyses revealed that dogs from Inuit sites dating from 2000 BP possess morphological and genetic signatures that distinguish them from earlier Paleo-Inuit dogs, and identified a novel mitochondrial clade in eastern Siberia and Alaska. The genetic legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in modern Arctic sledge dogs despite phenotypic differences between archaeological and modern Arctic dogs. Together, our data reveal that Inuit dogs derive from a s...
A pesquisa arqueológica na província mais oriental do Canadá se beneficiou de uma longa e expansí... more A pesquisa arqueológica na província mais oriental do Canadá se beneficiou de uma longa e expansível história de parcerias com as comunidades. Tal deve-se, em parte, ao mandato excepcional da Memorial University, assim como ao engajamento forte do departamento de arqueologia em trabalhar com indivíduos e organizações locais durante escavações. A partir de três casos de estudos da província de Terra Nova e Labrador, este artigo revela as motivações, as experiências, os desafios, como os resultados que podem surgir das parcerias comunidade-universidade, e atesta do potencial da arqueologia em contribuir localmente de forma vantajosamente.
Traces of Ochre; Changing Perspectives on the Beothuk, Edited by Fiona Polack , 2018
The archaeological history of the Beothuk has until recently been mired in essentialist assumptio... more The archaeological history of the Beothuk has until recently been mired in essentialist assumptions concerning their rapid decline and ruin following contact with settler society. This negative narrative finds its roots in the a-historical reading of non-indigenous, colonial era documents which have guided the archaeological interpretations of the fragmentary material record of Beothuk society. By embracing a reflexive approach to their role in shaping and relating indigenous histories, and by emphasizing the significance of long-term cultural structures, archaeologists are beginning to understand how indigenous peoples dealt with the colonial process. The new Beothuk archaeology tells a much different story – one about a sophisticated people with dynamic social and economic systems developed over a lengthy history. The Beothuk experienced the contact-event on their own terms, making choices which were guided by their own traditions and worldview.
Marine Venture: Archaeological Perspectives on Human-Sea Relations, 2016
The Atlantic Ocean knit together diverse groups of people in an increasingly dense set of connect... more The Atlantic Ocean knit together diverse groups of people in an increasingly dense set of connections. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, French fishermen undertook trans-Atlantic journeys in the quest for marine resources. Some of these ships were drawn to the beaches of southern Labrador, where they engaged in a summer-long cod fishery. Their presence was a seasonal one, and at the end of the summer, fishermen returned to home markets in France with their preserved catch. Their seasonal appearance on Labrador's beaches and in near-shore waters drew the attention of Inuit groups living in the region, and trade relationships quickly developed between the two groups. These cyclical, yearly encounters between French and Inuit became a predictable, if sometimes volatile occurrence. In this chapter, we explore how the seasonal rounds of these two maritime-focused groups intersected. Specifically, we examine where and how the trade occurred, how French and Inuit began to expect and anticipate this intera:ction, and the role that maritime technology played in these exchanges.
Marine Ventures: Archaeological Perspectives on Human-Sea Relations., 2016
By the sixteenth century the Inuit had colonized much of the Labrador coast. In southern Labrador... more By the sixteenth century the Inuit had colonized much of the Labrador coast. In southern Labrador Inuit had access to plentiful marine resources, but they were also drawn to this region by the seasonal presence of Basque and French fishers and whalers with whom they traded and raided for a variety of European commodities. What began as opportunistic exchanges soon developed into an increasingly elaborate_ seasonal venture which had to be worked into the Inuit seasonal round. By the 18th century such trade was substantial. Inuit produced and prepared surplus marine products such as baleen, sea mammal furs and oils which they exchanged for commodities such as iron, ceramics and if possible, boats. Goods were transported to and from Inuit communities along the Labrador coast by sea, and much of the trading (and raiding) took place aboard European vessels. This intensive annual trading cycle ultimately permeated the lives of Inuit throughout Labrador who largely organized themselves to participate in this new global economy. This paper explores how this marine-based economy impacted the lives of the Inuit in southern Labrador affecting their daily life, settlement structure, group identity, and relations to other Inuit communities in northern Labrador, while drawing on long-term traditions.
Documentary evidence suggests that Inuit were present in the Strait of Belle Isle by the late 16t... more Documentary evidence suggests that Inuit were present in the Strait of Belle Isle by the late 16th century, yet the archaeological evidence for Inuit settlement in southern Labrador is sparse. Inuit sites are difficult to recognize south of Nunatsiavut, where 19th-century Inuit-Métis families and seasonal Newfoundland fishers occupied settlements that leave similar archaeological surface-traces. In 2009 a SSHRC-funded Community-University Research Alliance was initiated to examine Inuit history in southern Labrador. One of the primary goals of the research was to develop archaeological criteria to distinguish between these ethnically distinct settlements. This paper presents the results from several seasons of research in Sandwich Bay, Labrador. It uses data from community interviews, archaeological surveys, and excavations at four Inuit settlements, one Inuit-Métis house, and one Newfoundland fishery camp to help resolve the issue of site ethnicity for the area immediately south of...
This film examines the significance of the work undertaken by Memorial University’s Extension Ser... more This film examines the significance of the work undertaken by Memorial University’s Extension Services in partnership with the National Film Board on Fogo Island in 1967 and the success of film as a platform for participatory democracy.
This film was produced as a general history of the Southern Inuit and is one of several community... more This film was produced as a general history of the Southern Inuit and is one of several community requested outcomes of my SSHRC CURA grant. It combines results from the archaeological and historical research.
This film covers the process of delivering research results from my SSHRC-CURA grant to the many ... more This film covers the process of delivering research results from my SSHRC-CURA grant to the many remote Southern Inuit communities on the southern shores of Labrador.
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Edited by Dave Lough, pp. 11-21. ISER Press, St. John’s.