Amanda Crompton

Amanda Crompton is an archaeologist specializing in the history of French colonialism in Newfoundland and Labrador, with a focus on inter-cultural interactions and maritime landscapes. She earned her PhD in 2012 at Memorial University of Newfoundland and has held postdoctoral research fellowships at Memorial University and Brown University’s John Carter Brown Library. Currently, she is a Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, where she contributes to the Body of Animals Working Group in Department III. Her work integrates documentary, archaeological, and digital humanities methods, including UAV-based aerial surveys.

Her research examines the transatlantic French cod fishery, colonial land concessions in Labrador, and the use of maritime technology in French-Inuit encounters. She has published in Historical Archaeology, Études/Inuit/Studies, and International Journal of Heritage and Sustainability. Notably, she co-edited a special edition of Études/Inuit/Studies (2015) on Inuit-European relations in southern Labrador. Amanda also serves on the Executive Board of the Council for Northeastern Historical Archaeology and has presented at conferences on topics like gender in North Atlantic colonization and colonial memory landscapes.

Her recent work involves

• UAV-based site mapping in coastal archaeology
• analysis of anthropogenic soil chemistry
• multidisciplinary collaborations with Indigenous communities
• digital humanities applications for historical topography