Les artefacts inclus dans cette catégorie ont été fabriqués avec des matériaux d'origine animale ou végétale. Les protéines et la cellulose sont les composantes de base des objets fabriqués avec des matières organiques : cuir, bois, ossements, ivoire, ramures, laine, soie et coton, pour n'en nommer que quelques-uns.

Extract from 'The Answer to the Enquiries from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Council of Trade and Plantations' by Andrew Leake, 1699.

Of the approximate one million artifacts excavated to date from the Ferryland archaeology site, at least a third of those are represented by ceramic sherds.

An article on the restoration of ceramic artifacts at the Colony of Avalon in Ferryland, NL

After the artifacts have been excavated, stabilized and conserved, documented, catalogued and numbered they are stored in the collections storage room. This is the "above ground" resting place for the objects.

Inorganic artifacts are those made from the earth's crust. These objects characteristically will not burn if ignited, are insensitive to light and humidity, are crystalline or glassy in structure, are brittle, and range from being porous to dense, and from soft to hard.

A look at Ferryland's onsite conservation lab and the steps followed in order to properly conserve artifacts.

Artifacts in this category are those made from animals or plants. Proteins and cellulose are the fundamental building blocks of organic objects, which include artifacts made from leather, wood, bone, ivory, antler, wool, silk, cotton, to mention a few.

An Account of Fishing and Sack Ships in Ferryland and Caplin Bay

A List of ships Fishing in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1675

A List of the Inhabitants Names etc., for Ferryland, 1708

Names of the English Inhabitants, with the Number of Boats and Men, and their Wives and Children at Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1676

An account of all the inhabitants and planters living in Ferryland and Caplin Bay

An Account of the Inhabitants in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1682

An Account of the Inhabitants in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1684

An Account of the Number of the Inhabitants etc., in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1692

An Account of the Inhabitants in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1698

List of Ships, with their Ladings, trading to Ferryland and Caplin Bay, dated September 27, 1698.

A List of the Planters' Names, etc., in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1675

An Account of Planters in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1681