ARCTIC The Composition of Fatty Materials from a Thule Eskimo Site on Herschel Island

• Main Authors: E. D. Morgan, L. Titusz, R. Ji Small, Corony Edwards
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Thule dwelling; midden; fat and oil; adipocere; anaerobic decay; whale fat; seal fat; Arctic; Herschel Island; bearded seal; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.581.9385; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic36-4-356.pdf

ABSTRACT. Analysis of midden material from a Thule Eskimo dwelling site on the shore of Herschel Island showed it to contain a high proportion of fatty material. Chemical analysis shows this to consist of a mixture of fatty acids from the fats and oils of marine animals which has been partially, but...