Zooarchaeology of a focal resource: Dietary importance of beluga whales to the precontact Mackenzie Inuit. Arctic 48:22 –30
ABSTRACT. Ethnohistoric records indicate that the economy of early historic Mackenzie Inuit was centred on the summer hunt for beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). However, no systematic attempt has been made to quantify the dietary importance of beluga whales to earlier, precontact-period Mackenz...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.597.3306 2023-05-15T14:19:35+02:00 Zooarchaeology of a focal resource: Dietary importance of beluga whales to the precontact Mackenzie Inuit. Arctic 48:22 –30 T. Max Friesen Charles D. Arnold The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1995 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.597.3306 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-1-22.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.597.3306 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-1-22.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-1-22.pdf Mots clés bélouga baleine blanche Delphinapterus leucas Gupuk text 1995 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T13:47:39Z ABSTRACT. Ethnohistoric records indicate that the economy of early historic Mackenzie Inuit was centred on the summer hunt for beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). However, no systematic attempt has been made to quantify the dietary importance of beluga whales to earlier, precontact-period Mackenzie Inuit societies. This issue is addressed herein through analysis of over 2000 beluga bones recovered from a semisubterranean house at Gupuk, a Mackenzie Inuit archaeological site on the East Channel of the Mackenzie River. The amount of meat and fat available from beluga whales is compared to that from all other prey species at the site to assess the relative dietary contribution of each taxon. The results indicate that beluga whales were a truly focal resource in the local economy, probably providing over half of the food available to residents of Gupuk and other communities in the Mackenzie Delta for at least half of each year. Text Arctic Arctic Beluga Beluga* Delphinapterus leucas inuit Mackenzie Delta Mackenzie river Unknown Arctic Baleine ENVELOPE(140.012,140.012,-66.649,-66.649) Blanche ENVELOPE(140.018,140.018,-66.663,-66.663) Mackenzie Delta ENVELOPE(-136.672,-136.672,68.833,68.833) Mackenzie River |
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ABSTRACT. Ethnohistoric records indicate that the economy of early historic Mackenzie Inuit was centred on the summer hunt for beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). However, no systematic attempt has been made to quantify the dietary importance of beluga whales to earlier, precontact-period Mackenzie Inuit societies. This issue is addressed herein through analysis of over 2000 beluga bones recovered from a semisubterranean house at Gupuk, a Mackenzie Inuit archaeological site on the East Channel of the Mackenzie River. The amount of meat and fat available from beluga whales is compared to that from all other prey species at the site to assess the relative dietary contribution of each taxon. The results indicate that beluga whales were a truly focal resource in the local economy, probably providing over half of the food available to residents of Gupuk and other communities in the Mackenzie Delta for at least half of each year. |
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Zooarchaeology of a focal resource: Dietary importance of beluga whales to the precontact Mackenzie Inuit. Arctic 48:22 –30 |
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