Chasse aux mammifères marins et identité ethnique : le rôle du harpon au sein de la culture thuléenne : analyse comparative des sites Clachan et de l'île Skraeling

• Main Author: Gadoua, Marie-Pierre
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: McGill University 2005
• Subjects: Thule culture > Nunavut; Harpoons; Prehistoric > Nunavut; Nunavut > Antiquities; Arctic; Canada; Coronation Gulf; Nunavut; Skraeling Island; Thule culture
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=83102

Although the study of Thule harpoon heads has produced important seriations, datings and technological reflections during the last century, a lack of fundamental knowledge about these weapons is still occurring. An attempt is made to document the different contexts surrounding the use of these artif...