ARCTIC Dog Remains from Devon Island, N. WT.: Archaeological and Osteological Evidence for Domestic Dog Use in the Thule Culture
ABSTRACT. A collection of dog bones recovered from a Thule culture site at Porden Point, Devon Island, N.W.T., was found to include abundant evidence of trauma consistent with the dogs having been repeatedly struck in the facial area. The proportional representation of bones found suggests that the...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.496.5453 2023-05-15T14:19:48+02:00 ARCTIC Dog Remains from Devon Island, N. WT.: Archaeological and Osteological Evidence for Domestic Dog Use in the Thule Culture Robert W. Park The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1986 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.496.5453 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic40-3-184.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.496.5453 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic40-3-184.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic40-3-184.pdf Key words dogs Thule culture Devon Island archaeology faunal osteology text 1986 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:48:18Z ABSTRACT. A collection of dog bones recovered from a Thule culture site at Porden Point, Devon Island, N.W.T., was found to include abundant evidence of trauma consistent with the dogs having been repeatedly struck in the facial area. The proportional representation of bones found suggests that the Porden Point dogs ultimately formed part of the diet there. A survey of historical and ethnographic accounts of the treatment of dogs by various Inuit groups indicates that the beating of do s to discipline them was quite common, although evidence from other sources suggests that this type of behaviour is related more to the realities of dog keeping anywhere rather than to Inuit culture in particular. The evidence concerning the use of dogs in the diet among the various Inuit groups suggests that this varied greatfy. Detailed descriptions of the types of trauma found on the Porden Point skulls are provided, in the hope that i may prove possible to identify similar evidence from earlier cultures where the nature of dog use is less certain. Text Arctic Arctic Devon Island inuit Thule culture Unknown Arctic Devon Island ENVELOPE(-88.000,-88.000,75.252,75.252) |
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ABSTRACT. A collection of dog bones recovered from a Thule culture site at Porden Point, Devon Island, N.W.T., was found to include abundant evidence of trauma consistent with the dogs having been repeatedly struck in the facial area. The proportional representation of bones found suggests that the Porden Point dogs ultimately formed part of the diet there. A survey of historical and ethnographic accounts of the treatment of dogs by various Inuit groups indicates that the beating of do s to discipline them was quite common, although evidence from other sources suggests that this type of behaviour is related more to the realities of dog keeping anywhere rather than to Inuit culture in particular. The evidence concerning the use of dogs in the diet among the various Inuit groups suggests that this varied greatfy. Detailed descriptions of the types of trauma found on the Porden Point skulls are provided, in the hope that i may prove possible to identify similar evidence from earlier cultures where the nature of dog use is less certain. |
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