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1660s. By far, the bulkof the culNlal matenal was associafedwith the seventeenth-
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century occupation. Evidence of lmr usage was also uncovered in the strataaverlying
the house collapse. Anifaetr from the eighteenthcentury suggested that the rite
continued to be uscd sporndically during that time. This mtedal includes n collection
associated with an occupation by soldiers fmm the Brilirh Royal Anillcry in 177911780.
The cighreenth-century occupations am ouuide the wope of this thesis. Surprisingly little
evldenee of nineteenth-century usage wns daumnted in the archaeological mod.
Anifacts from that century could litedly be held in one hand.
I3 Rearch Objecllve
This thesis has z single ovedl objective: the descnpive perentation of the remains from
a mad-reventeenth=entury English West CovnVy lishermul's house. To achieve this
objective. the phyricd evidence fmm rhe site will be presented in u descriptive format
that will allow forcompyironr with atheher early colonial sites. The analysis of the
rullerural and nonnructulal JnifaElr allows an examination of the architectural.
household and on'uptional materials needed to survive in a hostile envimnment. isolated
for many months cach year fmm contact with the home cmnuy. The rite in Renews
stands as an eramplc of revenreenlhscnnuy English cxistenm in the New Wodd, a
priod of Newfoundland and Canadian history Ulaf until recently, was ham largely
through historical dacumenu.