Hunting for Use-Wear
Investigating use-wear traces on antler and bone harpoon heads from the Dorset cultures using experimental archaeology. Harpoons are an essential part of the hunting toolkit amongst Inuit and have been integral to the material culture assemblage of Arctic groups for thousands of years. The pre-Inuit...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1d66315a1e564b199ace0f0e3b4ba63f 2024-09-15T18:09:53+00:00 Hunting for Use-Wear Matilda Siebrecht Diederik Pomstra 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/1d66315a1e564b199ace0f0e3b4ba63f EN eng EXARC https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10534 https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956 2212-8956 https://doaj.org/article/1d66315a1e564b199ace0f0e3b4ba63f EXARC Journal, Iss 2020/4 (2020) hunting neolithic canada use wear analysis greenland organic material material culture Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960 article 2020 ftdoajarticles 2024-08-26T15:21:15Z Investigating use-wear traces on antler and bone harpoon heads from the Dorset cultures using experimental archaeology. Harpoons are an essential part of the hunting toolkit amongst Inuit and have been integral to the material culture assemblage of Arctic groups for thousands of years. The pre-Inuit population known as the Dorset cultures (app. 800 BC–1300 AD) - also sometimes referred to as Tuniit - were highly dependent on a maritime subsistence with harpoon heads as one of the dominant artefact categories at Dorset sites. Although the use of these harpoons is known from historic ethnographic reports observing Inuit hunting techniques and comparison with modern harpoon styles, a preliminary study by Siebrecht suggests there is little evidence of this use found on the surface of archaeological harpoon heads in terms as microscopic use-wear. This contrasts with other studies investigating bone projectiles, which did identify traces of use after experimentation with replica objects. The present study therefore aims to investigate this disparity using several replica harpoon heads made of bone and antler to experimentally harpoon a seal carcass to determine the extent to which use-wear is formed when harpooning a marine mammal. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland inuit Tuniit Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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Investigating use-wear traces on antler and bone harpoon heads from the Dorset cultures using experimental archaeology. Harpoons are an essential part of the hunting toolkit amongst Inuit and have been integral to the material culture assemblage of Arctic groups for thousands of years. The pre-Inuit population known as the Dorset cultures (app. 800 BC–1300 AD) - also sometimes referred to as Tuniit - were highly dependent on a maritime subsistence with harpoon heads as one of the dominant artefact categories at Dorset sites. Although the use of these harpoons is known from historic ethnographic reports observing Inuit hunting techniques and comparison with modern harpoon styles, a preliminary study by Siebrecht suggests there is little evidence of this use found on the surface of archaeological harpoon heads in terms as microscopic use-wear. This contrasts with other studies investigating bone projectiles, which did identify traces of use after experimentation with replica objects. The present study therefore aims to investigate this disparity using several replica harpoon heads made of bone and antler to experimentally harpoon a seal carcass to determine the extent to which use-wear is formed when harpooning a marine mammal. |
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Hunting for Use-Wear |
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