Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland
The material described in this article was secured by Dr. D. Jenness and the writer in 1927 and 1929 in the course of archaeological reconnaissances along the east and west coasts of Newfoundland. The purpose of both field trips was to locate sites and burial places of the extinct Beothuk Indians. A...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/275737 2023-05-15T15:42:07+02:00 Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland Wintemberg, W. J. 1939 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/275737 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S000273160003420X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Antiquity volume 5, issue 2, page 83-102 ISSN 0002-7316 2325-5064 Museology Archeology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) History journal-article 1939 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/275737 2023-02-24T07:12:30Z The material described in this article was secured by Dr. D. Jenness and the writer in 1927 and 1929 in the course of archaeological reconnaissances along the east and west coasts of Newfoundland. The purpose of both field trips was to locate sites and burial places of the extinct Beothuk Indians. Although the writer suspected that other people besides the Beothuk had inhabited the island in prehistoric times, he was surprised to find abundant evidences of the presence of an Eskimo people on the northwest coast: one of the sites visited by Dr. Jenness on the northeast coast also was inhabited by Eskimo. Article in Journal/Newspaper Beothuk Dorset culture eskimo* Newfoundland Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) American Antiquity 5 2 83 102 |
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The material described in this article was secured by Dr. D. Jenness and the writer in 1927 and 1929 in the course of archaeological reconnaissances along the east and west coasts of Newfoundland. The purpose of both field trips was to locate sites and burial places of the extinct Beothuk Indians. Although the writer suspected that other people besides the Beothuk had inhabited the island in prehistoric times, he was surprised to find abundant evidences of the presence of an Eskimo people on the northwest coast: one of the sites visited by Dr. Jenness on the northeast coast also was inhabited by Eskimo. |
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Eskimo Sites of the Dorset Culture in Newfoundland |
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