Eskimo Stone House Ruins on the East Side of Hudson Bay: A Correction
In 1944 when I was at Port Harrison, I enquired if there were any Eskimo stone house ruins in the region, but the Eskimos knew of none except ”strong“ tent rings. Because of this, and from the reactions of our Eskimo crew to the houses and strong tent rings on the King. George and Marcopeet islands,...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/275433 2023-05-15T16:07:52+02:00 Eskimo Stone House Ruins on the East Side of Hudson Bay: A Correction Manning, T. H. 1948 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/275433 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S000273160001859X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Antiquity volume 13, issue 3, page 250-251 ISSN 0002-7316 2325-5064 Museology Archeology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) History journal-article 1948 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/275433 2022-04-07T08:53:28Z In 1944 when I was at Port Harrison, I enquired if there were any Eskimo stone house ruins in the region, but the Eskimos knew of none except ”strong“ tent rings. Because of this, and from the reactions of our Eskimo crew to the houses and strong tent rings on the King. George and Marcopeet islands, I concluded1 that if there were any Thule type houses on the mainland they were too old to be easily recognized. In 1946, I was again working for the Geodetic Service in that area. Through enquiries at Port Harrison, I heard of two groups of ruins, and at three out of our five stops on the Hudson Bay coast, I accidentally stumbled on other groups. Thus, not only are there house ruins on this coast, but they appear to be quite numerous. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Hudson Bay Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Hudson Bay Hudson Marcopeet Islands ENVELOPE(-79.650,-79.650,57.917,57.917) American Antiquity 13 3 250 251 |
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In 1944 when I was at Port Harrison, I enquired if there were any Eskimo stone house ruins in the region, but the Eskimos knew of none except ”strong“ tent rings. Because of this, and from the reactions of our Eskimo crew to the houses and strong tent rings on the King. George and Marcopeet islands, I concluded1 that if there were any Thule type houses on the mainland they were too old to be easily recognized. In 1946, I was again working for the Geodetic Service in that area. Through enquiries at Port Harrison, I heard of two groups of ruins, and at three out of our five stops on the Hudson Bay coast, I accidentally stumbled on other groups. Thus, not only are there house ruins on this coast, but they appear to be quite numerous. |
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Eskimo Stone House Ruins on the East Side of Hudson Bay: A Correction |
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Eskimo Stone House Ruins on the East Side of Hudson Bay: A Correction |
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