Sealing, whaling and caribou: the skeletal isotope chemistry of Eastern Arctic foragers
We obtained stable isotope signatures (13C, 15N) and AMS radiocarbon dates for a small set of Dorset remains, Thule-era burials from northwest Hudson Bay and proto-historic burials from Southampton Island to assess the importance of whaling in eastern Canadian Arctic economies. Classic Thule occupat...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.555.8116 2023-05-15T14:53:33+02:00 Sealing, whaling and caribou: the skeletal isotope chemistry of Eastern Arctic foragers Joan Brenner Coltraina M. Geoffrey Hayesb Dennis H. O’rourkea The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2003 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.555.8116 http://www.anthro.utah.edu/PDFs/jaseasternarctic.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.555.8116 http://www.anthro.utah.edu/PDFs/jaseasternarctic.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.anthro.utah.edu/PDFs/jaseasternarctic.pdf Stable carbon isotope ratio (13C Stable nitrogen isotope ratio (15N Marine reservoir effect Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus Dorset Thule Sadlermiut Kamarvik Silumuit Southampton Island text 2003 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T11:46:19Z We obtained stable isotope signatures (13C, 15N) and AMS radiocarbon dates for a small set of Dorset remains, Thule-era burials from northwest Hudson Bay and proto-historic burials from Southampton Island to assess the importance of whaling in eastern Canadian Arctic economies. Classic Thule occupation of the Eastern Arctic (ca. AD 1000–1350) coincided with the Medieval Warm Period and was thought to have been facilitated by dog traction and open-sea hunting of bowhead whale. Despite the potential economic importance of whaling, dietary reconstructions for this period are based on the relative frequency of common prey types in midden faunal assemblages and rarely include bowhead whale skeletal elements, which often comprise the superstructure of Classic Thule residential dwellings. Although our findings are constrained by the paucity of Classic Thule burials at sites under study, they provide an empirically derived estimate of reliance on whaling for the Modified Thule, those who post-date AD 1350, indicating whaling accounted for approximately 12 % of dietary intake. We also examine the relationship between Thule whaling and indicators of status and identify a Dorset-aged burial and three individuals with European diets among the proto-historic collection from Southampton Island. 2003 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Text Arctic Balaena mysticetus bowhead whale Hudson Bay Southampton Island Unknown Arctic Hudson Hudson Bay Southampton Island ENVELOPE(-84.501,-84.501,64.463,64.463) |
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We obtained stable isotope signatures (13C, 15N) and AMS radiocarbon dates for a small set of Dorset remains, Thule-era burials from northwest Hudson Bay and proto-historic burials from Southampton Island to assess the importance of whaling in eastern Canadian Arctic economies. Classic Thule occupation of the Eastern Arctic (ca. AD 1000–1350) coincided with the Medieval Warm Period and was thought to have been facilitated by dog traction and open-sea hunting of bowhead whale. Despite the potential economic importance of whaling, dietary reconstructions for this period are based on the relative frequency of common prey types in midden faunal assemblages and rarely include bowhead whale skeletal elements, which often comprise the superstructure of Classic Thule residential dwellings. Although our findings are constrained by the paucity of Classic Thule burials at sites under study, they provide an empirically derived estimate of reliance on whaling for the Modified Thule, those who post-date AD 1350, indicating whaling accounted for approximately 12 % of dietary intake. We also examine the relationship between Thule whaling and indicators of status and identify a Dorset-aged burial and three individuals with European diets among the proto-historic collection from Southampton Island. 2003 Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
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Sealing, whaling and caribou: the skeletal isotope chemistry of Eastern Arctic foragers |
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Sealing, whaling and caribou: the skeletal isotope chemistry of Eastern Arctic foragers |
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Sealing, whaling and caribou: the skeletal isotope chemistry of Eastern Arctic foragers |
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