Pope’s Point: unearthing ancient history View Source Article By
Stephen Hull Pope’s Point has had a very long history. In terms
of its cultural history, the site has evidence of Maritime
Archaic, Palaeoeskimo, Recent Indian, Beothuk, Mi’Kmaq and
European occupations. In terms of archaeology it was first
recorded by T.G.B. Lloyd, an English geologist with an interest
in archaeology & the Beothuk, in the early 1870s and reported on
by him in his 1876 article “A Further Account of the Beothuks of
Newfoundland.” In The Journal of the Anthropological Institute
of Great Britain and Ireland Journal. Frank Speck, the American
Anthropologist, recovered material from the site in 1914, with
much help from his wife, which he related to the Beothuk. During
his time at the site he noted the presence of 13 house pits. His
work at the site was reported on in his 1914 hand written notes.
Based on his information other researchers have assumed that the
point had 13 house pits. In reality the 13 were spread for
several hundred