A Southeastern Baffin Thule House with Ruin Island Characteristics

• Main Author: Moreau S. Maxwell
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Island; Foxe Basin; Frobisher Bay; Fury; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Lake Harbour; Lancaster Sound; Arctique*; Baffin; Canadian Archipelago; Fury and Hecla Strait
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.459.2554; http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/2514/2491/

ABSTRACT. A prehistoric house depression excavated on the southeastern coast of Baffin Island near Lake Harbour belongs stylistically to an early phase of the Thule Period. However, features such as the rectangular shape, interior open-fire kitchens, and initial absence of a sleeping platform are mo...