Paleoeskimo Cultures of Northern Labrador
This paper limits itself to a description of four complexes revealed by our excavations at Saglek Bay, northern Labrador, during the years 1969, 1970, and 1971. A “Pre-Dorset” complex and three phases of a considerably longer Dorset Eskimo occupation are examined and some comparison within the Sagle...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0081130000000794 2024-03-03T08:42:07+00:00 Paleoeskimo Cultures of Northern Labrador Tuck, James A. 1976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0081130000000794 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0081130000000794 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology volume 31, page 89-102 ISSN 0081-1300 2330-2275 General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science journal-article 1976 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0081130000000794 2024-02-08T08:30:32Z This paper limits itself to a description of four complexes revealed by our excavations at Saglek Bay, northern Labrador, during the years 1969, 1970, and 1971. A “Pre-Dorset” complex and three phases of a considerably longer Dorset Eskimo occupation are examined and some comparison within the Saglek sequence and a few comparisons with nearby geographic areas are offered. No attempt is made to generalize about Paleoeskimo cultures in the entire Canadian Arctic, especially as regards causative relationships, since such attempts seem premature given our present lack of control over basic cultural and environmental data. Over two dozen Paleoeskimo components were excavated or surface-collected during our three years at Saglek Bay. Analysis is now nearly complete and four representative components from these sites have been selected to illustrate four more or less distinct cultures or culture phases in this little known region of eastern Canada. As sites were discovered at Saglek Bay they were given consecutive letter designations. The three sites considered herein are Upernavik Island Site K, a Pre-Dorset station, Rose Island Site E, which contained early and middle Dorset components, and Rose Island Site W, a late Dorset station. Each site location, the artifacts found therein, and evidence for chronology are summarized briefly below. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic eskimo* Upernavik Rose Island Cambridge University Press Arctic Canada Saglek Bay ENVELOPE(-62.583,-62.583,58.333,58.333) Upernavik Island ENVELOPE(-62.981,-62.981,58.484,58.484) Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology 31 89 102 |
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This paper limits itself to a description of four complexes revealed by our excavations at Saglek Bay, northern Labrador, during the years 1969, 1970, and 1971. A “Pre-Dorset” complex and three phases of a considerably longer Dorset Eskimo occupation are examined and some comparison within the Saglek sequence and a few comparisons with nearby geographic areas are offered. No attempt is made to generalize about Paleoeskimo cultures in the entire Canadian Arctic, especially as regards causative relationships, since such attempts seem premature given our present lack of control over basic cultural and environmental data. Over two dozen Paleoeskimo components were excavated or surface-collected during our three years at Saglek Bay. Analysis is now nearly complete and four representative components from these sites have been selected to illustrate four more or less distinct cultures or culture phases in this little known region of eastern Canada. As sites were discovered at Saglek Bay they were given consecutive letter designations. The three sites considered herein are Upernavik Island Site K, a Pre-Dorset station, Rose Island Site E, which contained early and middle Dorset components, and Rose Island Site W, a late Dorset station. Each site location, the artifacts found therein, and evidence for chronology are summarized briefly below. |
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Paleoeskimo Cultures of Northern Labrador |
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Paleoeskimo Cultures of Northern Labrador |
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Paleoeskimo Cultures of Northern Labrador |
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Paleoeskimo Cultures of Northern Labrador |
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Paleoeskimo Cultures of Northern Labrador |
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