Out of Alaska: Reconstructing the Social Structure of Prehistoric Canadian Thule Culture

were derived directly from Inuit whaling societies ofnorthern Alaska. Thus, in many respects, the latter offer the closest analogy fbr interpreting Canadian Thule social structure. However, there are also a number ofsocial characteristics ofsome modern eastern Canadian Arctic lnuit societies that be...

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Main Authors: Edited J. Habu, J. M. Savelle, S. Koyama, H. Hongo, James M. Savelle, Mcgill Univei Sity, George W. Wenzel, Megill Uitiversity, Jpbragers Pacijc, Cbasts Ezxst, Edited Koyama
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
Subjects:
Hiinter-Gatherers
edited by Price and Brown [1985a
the archeological record of such societies
Arctic
inuit
Thule culture
Alaska
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.561.2908
http://ir.minpaku.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10502/1019/1/SES63_005.pdf
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Summary:were derived directly from Inuit whaling societies ofnorthern Alaska. Thus, in many respects, the latter offer the closest analogy fbr interpreting Canadian Thule social structure. However, there are also a number ofsocial characteristics ofsome modern eastern Canadian Arctic lnuit societies that bear directly on this issue. In this paper, we employ data from both sources in interpreting Thule social stmcture, and do so with reference to corporate groups. Specifically, we focus on the role ofthe umialik (whaling crew leader), the importance ofthe karigt (men's house), and the social composition of whaling crews.

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