First people and muskox hunting in northernmost Greenland
Peary Land, and in particular the area of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord and Wandel Dal, is the only place in Greenland where prehistoric muskox hunting sites are plentiful and investigated, and it gives a unique insight into prehistoric muskox hunting. In the mid-1900s, Eigil Knuth discovered the 4400 years...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/be000219-396d-4cfd-8b71-9d3dd906743d 2024-06-09T07:37:48+00:00 First people and muskox hunting in northernmost Greenland Jensen, Jens Fog Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte 2022 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/first-people-and-muskox-hunting-in-northernmost-greenland(be000219-396d-4cfd-8b71-9d3dd906743d).html https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2022.2061763 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Jensen , J F & Gotfredsen , A B 2022 , ' First people and muskox hunting in northernmost Greenland ' , Acta Borealia , vol. 39 , no. 1 , pp. 24-52 . https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2022.2061763 Greenland Intra-site analysis marrow fracturing muskox Paleo-Inuit settlement patterns article 2022 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2022.2061763 2024-05-16T11:29:24Z Peary Land, and in particular the area of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord and Wandel Dal, is the only place in Greenland where prehistoric muskox hunting sites are plentiful and investigated, and it gives a unique insight into prehistoric muskox hunting. In the mid-1900s, Eigil Knuth discovered the 4400 years old muskox hunting sites, which he believed corroborated the idea of a so-called Muskox Way that formed an important part of H. P. Steensby's theorizing about the origin of the peoples of the Eastern Arctic. We revisit Steensby's theory of the Muskox Way and discuss its previous use as a culture-historical idea. We also revisit the site of Pearylandville–the largest of the Independence I (2400–2000 BC) sites in Peary Land–where muskox constituted the primary game animal for prehistoric hunters. We present and analyze the archaeological lithic and faunal material in relation to individual dwellings and suggest an intensive but very short-term occupation of Independence I in Peary Land. This analysis shows that warm season indicators in the fauna material are overrepresented in dwellings with limited lithic tool inventories. Article in Journal/Newspaper Acta Borealia Arctic Greenland inuit muskox Peary Land University of Copenhagen: Research Arctic Greenland Jørgen Brønlund Fjord ENVELOPE(-30.750,-30.750,82.183,82.183) Peary ENVELOPE(-63.867,-63.867,-65.250,-65.250) Peary Land ENVELOPE(-32.500,-32.500,82.633,82.633) Wandel ENVELOPE(-64.000,-64.000,-65.083,-65.083) Wandel Dal ENVELOPE(-35.250,-35.250,82.250,82.250) Acta Borealia 39 1 24 52 |
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Peary Land, and in particular the area of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord and Wandel Dal, is the only place in Greenland where prehistoric muskox hunting sites are plentiful and investigated, and it gives a unique insight into prehistoric muskox hunting. In the mid-1900s, Eigil Knuth discovered the 4400 years old muskox hunting sites, which he believed corroborated the idea of a so-called Muskox Way that formed an important part of H. P. Steensby's theorizing about the origin of the peoples of the Eastern Arctic. We revisit Steensby's theory of the Muskox Way and discuss its previous use as a culture-historical idea. We also revisit the site of Pearylandville–the largest of the Independence I (2400–2000 BC) sites in Peary Land–where muskox constituted the primary game animal for prehistoric hunters. We present and analyze the archaeological lithic and faunal material in relation to individual dwellings and suggest an intensive but very short-term occupation of Independence I in Peary Land. This analysis shows that warm season indicators in the fauna material are overrepresented in dwellings with limited lithic tool inventories. |
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Jensen , J F & Gotfredsen , A B 2022 , ' First people and muskox hunting in northernmost Greenland ' , Acta Borealia , vol. 39 , no. 1 , pp. 24-52 . https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2022.2061763 |
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