ARCTIC Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives on an Athapaskan Moose Kill
ABSTRACT. A recent development in anthropology involves examination of living human populations in an attempt to better understand the “for-mation processes ” that create archaeological remains. An ethnologist and an archaeologist collaborated in the observation and analysis of procure-ment, butcher...
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| Summary: | ABSTRACT. A recent development in anthropology involves examination of living human populations in an attempt to better understand the “for-mation processes ” that create archaeological remains. An ethnologist and an archaeologist collaborated in the observation and analysis of procure-ment, butchering and distribution of moose among a group f contemporary Athapaskan (Chipewyan) Indians in northwestern Saskatchewan in 1977. Subtleties in the behavior of one particular hunting party illustrate the complexity and variability of skeletal and anatomical spatial distributions ac-companying various stages in processing, distributing and consuming a moose (Alres alces rmdersoni). Variables such as seasonality, proximity to a major settlement, transportation technology, sexual division of labor and ideational factors heavily influence the formation of archaeo-faunal remains within several components of a regional settlement system. Key words: ethnoarchaeology, Chipewyan Indians, moose hunting, decision making, site formation RÉSUMÉ. Une recherche anthropologique rkcente comporte I’ttude de populations vivantes en visant une meilleure comprthension des processus qui forment les restes archkologiques. Une ethnologue et un archkologue ont collabork dans l’observation et l’analyse des methodes d’obtention, de boucherie et de distribution d’orignal au sein du’une groupe contemporain d’indiens athapascans (Chipewyans) dans le nord-ouest de la Saskat-chewan. Les subtilitts dans le comportement d’un groupe particulier de chasseurs demontrent la complexitt et la variabilitt des distributions patiales anatomiques et squelettiques suivant les diverses dtapes du dkpeçage, de la distribution et de la consommation d’un orignal (Alres alces undmoni). Des variables telles que le caractere saisonnier, la proximitt B un site majeur d’habitation, la technologic du transport et I’ingeniositk influencent de façon importante la formation de restes archkologiques animaux dans de nombreuses composantes d’une habitation regionale. Mots cl&: ... |
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