ARCTIC 138-144 Anvil Boulders and Lithic Reduction on Southern Victoria Island, Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Jack Brink
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: Anvil; Arctic; Baffin Island; Galets; Great Bear Lake; les Galets; Northwest Territories; Baffin; Dorset culture; Terre de Baffin; Victoria Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.694.3487; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic45-2-138.pdf

ABSTRACT. This paper reports on an unusual archaeological feature discovered at the Cadfael site (NiNg-17) on southeastern Victoria Island. TWO large boulders apparently served as anvil stones on which quartzite cobbles were fractured. Lithic debris remained in situ on and around the boulders, prese...