A 1976 archaeological survey of Canada publication by Robert McGhee descibes a burial that took place at L'Anse Amour on the Atlantic Ocean seaboard of Labrador about 6440 +/-180 years BCE [cal].The upper most mound is a circular mound of boulders nearly 10m in diameter,which overlies two more layers of boulders.The deeper cist is flanked by two parallel lines of vertical stones.
Beneath a 0.5m layer of sand the grave goods for a child of about 12 years include chipped stone and polished bone spear points,a grinding pestle,an ochre graphite stone,a hollow boird flute,a bone
pendant,and a carved ivory cresent.
This is a relatively elaborate burial for a child in a remote coastal area circa 8500 years ago.It predates the megalith era along Europe's Atlantic shores and there are not many contemporary interments in that region,which exhibit the same degree of reverence for the deceased,as the Labrador burial.Are there any other similar grave sites in North America?