The “Cast Iron Site”—A Tale of Four Stoves from the 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage Expedition

Few detailed analyses exist for the majority of the sites that comprise the archaeological record of the 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage expedition. This paper presents the results of new investigations of an Inuit site (NgLj-9) at Erebus Bay on King William Island, Nunavut, containing materials der...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Stenton, Douglas R., Park, Robert W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2020
Subjects:
King William Island
Northwest Passage
Nunavut
William Island
Arctic
inuit
Northwest passage
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic69830
https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/69830/53927
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Summary:Few detailed analyses exist for the majority of the sites that comprise the archaeological record of the 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage expedition. This paper presents the results of new investigations of an Inuit site (NgLj-9) at Erebus Bay on King William Island, Nunavut, containing materials derived from the 1845 Franklin expedition. The complex history of the origin and use of artifacts found at the site and its relationship to other Franklin sites and events associated with the expedition are revealed through the analysis and integration of archaeological, historical, and oral historical data.

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