Un alignement de pierres peut-il être un nangissat paléoesquimau?
The Arpik site (JhEv-12) is located on Qikertaaluk Island in Whitley Bay near the south shore of Hudson Strait. Its main feature is a row of stones 60 meters long. The site found in 1996 left us puzzled. In 2001, we decided to excavate it to better understand its function. This article presents the...
| Published in: | Études/Inuit/Studies |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | French |
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Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc.
2003
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| Online Access: | http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/010798ar https://doi.org/10.7202/010798ar |
| Summary: | The Arpik site (JhEv-12) is located on Qikertaaluk Island in Whitley Bay near the south shore of Hudson Strait. Its main feature is a row of stones 60 meters long. The site found in 1996 left us puzzled. In 2001, we decided to excavate it to better understand its function. This article presents the results of the excavation of Pre-Dorset tent rings, and offers a possible explanation regarding the function of its associated row of stones. Le site Arpik (JhEv-12) se situe sur l'île Qikertaaluk dans la baie de Whitley près de la rive sud du détroit d'Hudson. Sa principale caractéristique est un alignement de pierres de 60 mètres de long. Ce site découvert en 1996 nous a laissé perplexe. Le questionnement qui en découla nous a amené à le fouiller en 2001. Cet article présente les résultats de la fouille de cercles de tentes prédorsétiens ainsi qu'une tentative d'explication concernant la fonction de l'alignement de pierres y étant associé. |
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