Earth To Human Digs into Culture of Newfoundland

Unearthing the past in Newfoundland....Earth to Human Eco-tour digs into culture on the rock!

Dr. Priscilla Renouf, the archeologist at Phillips Garden, in Port au Choix Newfoundland has been digging into the past for 20 years at the same location exploring the remains of a Dorset Paleo-Eskimo dwelling.

Click on JPEG (below left) to see one of the 'finds' at Phillips Garden in Newfoundland from Dr. Renouf's digs.

A BASEMENT EXCAVATION OPENED THE WORLD'S EYES TO ONE OF THE NORTH AMERICA's RICHEST ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDS

Computer imagery provides 3D views of the Phillips Garden Site in Newfoundland.

According to a local report, the world came to know about Port au Choix back in 1967 when a local The unexpected "finds" of that amateur excavation turned up 117 human skeletons in what is believed to be a Maratime Archaic Indian burial ground.

GOOD NEWS FOR ARCHEOLOGY AND NEWFIE HERITAGE....bad news for the local community who it appears did not get a new movie house! But who knows some day the Phillips Garden dig may just make it to a bigger screen than the Parks Canada Visitor Centre.

Part of a continuing series by author and blogger jOYCE SCHWARZ WWW.HOLLYWOOD2020.BLOGS.COM who is on location in Newfoundland on the Earth To Human Eco-experience developed by David Maggs, artistic director for the Gros Morne Music Festival and boutique travel firm Horizon & Co. For more info continue to read these posts and go to www.earthtohuman.com