Through Thick and Thin: A Regional Comparison of Harpoon Heads from Thule Sites in Nunavut, Canada
In 1969170 Robert McGhee first suggested the existence of regional social groups in Thule culture. Under the assumption that such social groupings would be reflected in the distribution of material culture, this study aims to investigate McGhee's hypothesis using one artifact class of Thule cul...
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ftmcmaster:oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/12142 2023-05-15T14:47:49+02:00 Through Thick and Thin: A Regional Comparison of Harpoon Heads from Thule Sites in Nunavut, Canada Megginson, Jo Mary Ramsden, P. G. Anthropology 2012-06-15 http://hdl.handle.net/11375/12142 unknown opendissertations/7051 8104 3000225 http://hdl.handle.net/11375/12142 Anthropology thesis 2012 ftmcmaster 2022-03-22T21:11:24Z In 1969170 Robert McGhee first suggested the existence of regional social groups in Thule culture. Under the assumption that such social groupings would be reflected in the distribution of material culture, this study aims to investigate McGhee's hypothesis using one artifact class of Thule culture: harpoon heads. The study looks at harpoon heads from all published Thule sites from across the territory of Nunavut, in arctic Canada. The harpoon heads are broken down into individual attributes, and the regional distribution of each attribute is considered in an attempt to find patterning across space. Rather than confirming the existence of regional social groupings, the patterns discovered suggest a culture continuum moving from west to east across the Canadian arctic. This research is preliminary in nature, and opens a new forum for debate in Canadian arctic archaeology. Master of Arts (MA) Thesis Arctic Nunavut Thule culture MacSphere (McMaster University) Arctic Nunavut Canada |
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In 1969170 Robert McGhee first suggested the existence of regional social groups in Thule culture. Under the assumption that such social groupings would be reflected in the distribution of material culture, this study aims to investigate McGhee's hypothesis using one artifact class of Thule culture: harpoon heads. The study looks at harpoon heads from all published Thule sites from across the territory of Nunavut, in arctic Canada. The harpoon heads are broken down into individual attributes, and the regional distribution of each attribute is considered in an attempt to find patterning across space. Rather than confirming the existence of regional social groupings, the patterns discovered suggest a culture continuum moving from west to east across the Canadian arctic. This research is preliminary in nature, and opens a new forum for debate in Canadian arctic archaeology. Master of Arts (MA) |
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Through Thick and Thin: A Regional Comparison of Harpoon Heads from Thule Sites in Nunavut, Canada |
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Through Thick and Thin: A Regional Comparison of Harpoon Heads from Thule Sites in Nunavut, Canada |
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Through Thick and Thin: A Regional Comparison of Harpoon Heads from Thule Sites in Nunavut, Canada |
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Through Thick and Thin: A Regional Comparison of Harpoon Heads from Thule Sites in Nunavut, Canada |
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through thick and thin: a regional comparison of harpoon heads from thule sites in nunavut, canada |
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