Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland
The artifacts of rough stone consist of a crude lamp and some stone hammers, the latter unmodified by chipping or any other process. Stone lamp . A. S. Darby found at Old Port au Choix a fragment of a lamp roughly made by hollowing out an ovoid or oblong boulder of sandstone (Plate XV, Figure 2, Num...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/275202 2023-05-15T16:02:16+02:00 Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland Wintemberg, W. J. 1940 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/275202 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S000273160003523X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Antiquity volume 5, issue 4, page 309-333 ISSN 0002-7316 2325-5064 Museology Archeology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) History journal-article 1940 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/275202 2023-02-24T07:11:51Z The artifacts of rough stone consist of a crude lamp and some stone hammers, the latter unmodified by chipping or any other process. Stone lamp . A. S. Darby found at Old Port au Choix a fragment of a lamp roughly made by hollowing out an ovoid or oblong boulder of sandstone (Plate XV, Figure 2, Number 1). The cavity is about 1¼ inches deep and is rounded from end to end and side to side. There is no wick ledge. The thickest part of the base is 1⅛ inches, but the walls decrease in thickness toward the rounded edges at the top. The hollow is slightly discolored by the blubber and there is an incrustation of burnt blubber on both sides of the intact wall. There is a large natural hollow in the base. Another crude stone lamp was found by Israel Hutchings at the Cow Head site; it consisted of a hollow stone, judging from his description. Article in Journal/Newspaper Dorset culture eskimo* Newfoundland Port au Choix Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Darby ENVELOPE(162.217,162.217,-77.667,-77.667) Cow Head ENVELOPE(-57.832,-57.832,49.917,49.917) Port au Choix ENVELOPE(-57.365,-57.365,50.717,50.717) American Antiquity 5 4 309 333 |
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The artifacts of rough stone consist of a crude lamp and some stone hammers, the latter unmodified by chipping or any other process. Stone lamp . A. S. Darby found at Old Port au Choix a fragment of a lamp roughly made by hollowing out an ovoid or oblong boulder of sandstone (Plate XV, Figure 2, Number 1). The cavity is about 1¼ inches deep and is rounded from end to end and side to side. There is no wick ledge. The thickest part of the base is 1⅛ inches, but the walls decrease in thickness toward the rounded edges at the top. The hollow is slightly discolored by the blubber and there is an incrustation of burnt blubber on both sides of the intact wall. There is a large natural hollow in the base. Another crude stone lamp was found by Israel Hutchings at the Cow Head site; it consisted of a hollow stone, judging from his description. |
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Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland |
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Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland |
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Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland |
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Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland |
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Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland |
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