The Newfoundland and Labrador Archaeological Society is an organization for professionals and the public to meet, embrace archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador, and share ideas for the future.
Mission
To promote an understanding of archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador and protect archaeological resources by fostering research, stewardship, education, and the exchange of ideas and information between professionals and the public.
Our Board of Directors
Robyn S. Lacy – Past-President
Anna Sparrow – President
Otis Crandell – Vice-President
Ian Petty – Treasurer
Elsa Simms – Secretary
Rita Ujunwa Onah – Director
Megan Webb – Director
Leah Griffiths – Director
Euan Patrick Wallace – Director
Contact:
nlasarchsociety@gmail.com
Newfoundland And Labrador Archaeological Society 
I just read an article on CBC regarding the Community Collections Archaeological Research Project: Baxter Andrews Collection so I decided to visit your website. I have to say, the idea of reaching out to the public in search or collected items is a good one; I know there are many, many items out there that people have found and just waiting to be re-discovered.
What I am emailing about though is actually this website itself. You will have people who read the same article as I did, have an item, as I do, and yet there is absolutely no information or means via this website to submit this information. It was very disappointing, after reading the article on CBC and realizing how important such items are, that there is so little information on this site on how to actually donate a piece. The very first thing you see when visiting your website is a button to donate via Paypal….so what exactly is more important, the artifacts themselves, or monetary donations? I do realize it takes money to run any sort of organization, voluntary or not, but without the artifacts you seek, you won’t need the money.
I personally have a Maritime Archaic Indian gouge which I discovered maybe 30 years ago now and has been sitting in my house ever since. How many other items are out there like this? If you really want to find out, I would just make a suggestion and change this site to allow people to easily identify what they have, a link or some sort of means to let you know this information and promote it a bit better than it has been.
Thank you for your feedback. We will clarify what to do if you have found an artifact on the website. We would ask that you contact the Provincial Archaeology Office with news of your discovery (http://www.btcrd.gov.nl.ca/pao/). As an all-volunteer organization, we’re working on our website as time and resources permit. Thanks so much for your comments!
Amanda Crompton
President of the NLAS
And thanks once again to Mike– your comments have resulted in a new section of this webpage: https://nlarchsociety.ca/reporting-accidental-discoveries/. Thanks for sharing our thoughts on our website, Mike, and we hope that you to report the Maritime Archaic gouge that you found to the Provincial Archaeology Office!
Hi my name is Jacques Normandeau and I was just wondering if any Viking vessels or swords or bone have ever been recovered from digs thank you