@article {12169, title = {Charcoal Analysis Reveals Dorset Use and Selection of Firewood at Phillip{\textquoteright}s Garden, Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie}, volume = {43}, year = {2019}, pages = {24-39}, abstract = {

This paper reports Dorset (800\ BC{\textendash}AD\ 1300) firewood use and selection at the Phillip{\textquoteright}s Garden site (EeBi-1), northwestern Newfoundland, Canada. Charcoal fragments from five semi-subterranean dwellings and one midden were predominantly fir (Abies sp.) and spruce (Picea sp.). These genera dominate the modern forest, contemporary driftwood accumulations, and the prehistoric tree pollen record for the region. These data suggest that Dorset collected firewood according to the principle of least effort from nearby sources.

}, author = {Jason Miszaniec and Trevor Bell} }