North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Basque Whaling Station (Red Bay National Historic Site); Site Number: _____; Region: Labrador Straits; Province: Newfoundland (Labrador); Country: Canada; Ownership: Parks Canada; Landform: Rocky Beach;

Date of Site: A.D. 1550 to 1626; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Basque; Site Type: Graves, Try Works; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Ground-Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: 350 MHz antenna; Sampling Interval: 1 x 1 m; Range: 2 nS; Prospecting Depth: several centimeters; Area Surveyed: 1,800 sq m; Date of Survey: Aug-1982; Land Cover Type: Peat; Ground Truthing: Yes;

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Project Name: Basque Whaling Station (Red Bay National Historic Site), Newfoundland, Canada;

Reference: Vaughan, C.J. (1986). Ground-Penetrating Radar Surveys Used in Archaeological Investigations. Geophysics 51(3):595-604. (used with permission).

Survey by: C.J. Vaughan, A-Cubed Inc., 5566 Tomken Road, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L4W 1P4.

Survey for: Memorial University, Newfoundland, and the Archeological Society of Canada;

Report Location: NA; Report Type: Journal Article;

Abstract/Summary