Avertok Archaeology Project

The Avertok Archaeology Project was initiated at the request of the Hopedale community and is undertaken with the support of the Tradition & Transition Research Partnership between Memorial University and the Nunatsiavut Government. In 2017 the project has several aims: 1) to locate, excavate and learn more about the original Inuit settlement of Avertok which underlies the present Hopedale community, and other nearby sites; 2) communicate our findings to the community and use the research to facilitate knowledge transfer between youth and elders in Hopedale, and 3) to undertake a ground-penetrating radar survey of the Moravian Cemetery in order to identify the locations of all graves, enabling the community to properly mark and care for the cemetery.