LATE DORSET TRIANGULAR MIDPASSAGES IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND NORTHWEST GREENLAND: ORIGINS AND DISPERSAL
Midpassages are the most recognizable architectural feature associated with the entire Paleoeskimo period (2800 BC–AD 1300) in the Canadian and Greenlandic Arctic. Usually built of stone, midpassages are rectangular-shaped axial structures that run through the center of tent rings and semisubterrane...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/aaq.2018.18 2024-06-09T07:43:04+00:00 LATE DORSET TRIANGULAR MIDPASSAGES IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND NORTHWEST GREENLAND: ORIGINS AND DISPERSAL Darwent, John Savelle, James M. Darwent, Christyann M. Dyke, Arthur S. Lange, Hans LeMoine, Genevieve M. Pinard, Claude 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2018.18 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002731618000185 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Antiquity volume 83, issue 3, page 525-535 ISSN 0002-7316 2325-5064 journal-article 2018 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2018.18 2024-05-15T13:09:47Z Midpassages are the most recognizable architectural feature associated with the entire Paleoeskimo period (2800 BC–AD 1300) in the Canadian and Greenlandic Arctic. Usually built of stone, midpassages are rectangular-shaped axial structures that run through the center of tent rings and semisubterranean house depressions. However, a unique triangular form of midpassage developed in association with the Late Dorset complex in the Boothia Peninsula area of the Canadian Arctic around AD 400. Unlike the rectangular-shaped varieties that were built contemporaneously across the Arctic, distribution of the triangular form is limited, and occurrences are rare. Initially, construction appears restricted to the Boothia Peninsula region, where the form persisted for the subsequent 400 years. After AD 900, they are found in Inglefield Land, Greenland, and a few other locations in the Canadian Arctic where they continued to be built until around AD 1200, representing an over 800-year period in a remarkably unvarying configuration. Further, these triangular midpassage structures very likely represent a regional architectural variant that moved northward with the Late Dorset diaspora after AD 800. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Boothia Peninsula Greenland greenlandic Inglefield land Cambridge University Press Arctic Boothia Peninsula ENVELOPE(-94.000,-94.000,71.001,71.001) Greenland Inglefield Land ENVELOPE(-69.987,-69.987,78.637,78.637) American Antiquity 83 3 525 535 |
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Midpassages are the most recognizable architectural feature associated with the entire Paleoeskimo period (2800 BC–AD 1300) in the Canadian and Greenlandic Arctic. Usually built of stone, midpassages are rectangular-shaped axial structures that run through the center of tent rings and semisubterranean house depressions. However, a unique triangular form of midpassage developed in association with the Late Dorset complex in the Boothia Peninsula area of the Canadian Arctic around AD 400. Unlike the rectangular-shaped varieties that were built contemporaneously across the Arctic, distribution of the triangular form is limited, and occurrences are rare. Initially, construction appears restricted to the Boothia Peninsula region, where the form persisted for the subsequent 400 years. After AD 900, they are found in Inglefield Land, Greenland, and a few other locations in the Canadian Arctic where they continued to be built until around AD 1200, representing an over 800-year period in a remarkably unvarying configuration. Further, these triangular midpassage structures very likely represent a regional architectural variant that moved northward with the Late Dorset diaspora after AD 800. |
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Darwent, John Savelle, James M. Darwent, Christyann M. Dyke, Arthur S. Lange, Hans LeMoine, Genevieve M. Pinard, Claude LATE DORSET TRIANGULAR MIDPASSAGES IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND NORTHWEST GREENLAND: ORIGINS AND DISPERSAL |
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Darwent, John Savelle, James M. Darwent, Christyann M. Dyke, Arthur S. Lange, Hans LeMoine, Genevieve M. Pinard, Claude |
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LATE DORSET TRIANGULAR MIDPASSAGES IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND NORTHWEST GREENLAND: ORIGINS AND DISPERSAL |
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LATE DORSET TRIANGULAR MIDPASSAGES IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND NORTHWEST GREENLAND: ORIGINS AND DISPERSAL |
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LATE DORSET TRIANGULAR MIDPASSAGES IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND NORTHWEST GREENLAND: ORIGINS AND DISPERSAL |
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LATE DORSET TRIANGULAR MIDPASSAGES IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND NORTHWEST GREENLAND: ORIGINS AND DISPERSAL |
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LATE DORSET TRIANGULAR MIDPASSAGES IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND NORTHWEST GREENLAND: ORIGINS AND DISPERSAL |
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late dorset triangular midpassages in the canadian arctic and northwest greenland: origins and dispersal |
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