Porden Point and Port Refuge: Thule Eskimo sites from the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island,N.W.T.
An analysis is presented of collections deriving from four Thule Eskimo sites on the south coast of the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, N.W.T. Three of the sites are winter habi tations of three, fi ve, and nine rock, sod, and whalebone houses respectively, while the fourth is an isolated rock cac...
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ftmcmaster:oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/12164 2023-05-15T15:04:13+02:00 Porden Point and Port Refuge: Thule Eskimo sites from the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island,N.W.T. Park, William Robert Ramsden, P.G. Anthropology 2012-06-18 http://hdl.handle.net/11375/12164 unknown opendissertations/7071 8122 3003581 http://hdl.handle.net/11375/12164 thesis 2012 ftmcmaster 2022-03-22T21:11:24Z An analysis is presented of collections deriving from four Thule Eskimo sites on the south coast of the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, N.W.T. Three of the sites are winter habi tations of three, fi ve, and nine rock, sod, and whalebone houses respectively, while the fourth is an isolated rock cache. The artifacts found at the sites are almost all typical Thule culture types, although one Dorset culture carving and two objects of probable Norse origin were also found. Of the total of five winter houses excavated, one had structural evidence of multiple occupations. Establishment of the chronological position of the sites proved difficult, due to the necessity of rejecting the only radiocarbon dates obtained from any of the sites, and the small number of reliable temporal indicators, particularly harpoon heads. However, the sites appear to span the period from soon after the initial Thule occupation of the Eastern Arctic to the early fifteenth century. Master of Arts (MA) Thesis Arctic Devon Island Dorset culture eskimo* Thule culture MacSphere (McMaster University) Arctic Devon Island ENVELOPE(-88.000,-88.000,75.252,75.252) Grinnell Peninsula ENVELOPE(-95.001,-95.001,76.668,76.668) Port Refuge ENVELOPE(-94.718,-94.718,76.302,76.302) |
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An analysis is presented of collections deriving from four Thule Eskimo sites on the south coast of the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, N.W.T. Three of the sites are winter habi tations of three, fi ve, and nine rock, sod, and whalebone houses respectively, while the fourth is an isolated rock cache. The artifacts found at the sites are almost all typical Thule culture types, although one Dorset culture carving and two objects of probable Norse origin were also found. Of the total of five winter houses excavated, one had structural evidence of multiple occupations. Establishment of the chronological position of the sites proved difficult, due to the necessity of rejecting the only radiocarbon dates obtained from any of the sites, and the small number of reliable temporal indicators, particularly harpoon heads. However, the sites appear to span the period from soon after the initial Thule occupation of the Eastern Arctic to the early fifteenth century. Master of Arts (MA) |
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Park, William Robert Porden Point and Port Refuge: Thule Eskimo sites from the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island,N.W.T. |
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Porden Point and Port Refuge: Thule Eskimo sites from the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island,N.W.T. |
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Porden Point and Port Refuge: Thule Eskimo sites from the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island,N.W.T. |
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Porden Point and Port Refuge: Thule Eskimo sites from the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island,N.W.T. |
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Porden Point and Port Refuge: Thule Eskimo sites from the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island,N.W.T. |
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Porden Point and Port Refuge: Thule Eskimo sites from the Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island,N.W.T. |
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porden point and port refuge: thule eskimo sites from the grinnell peninsula, devon island,n.w.t. |
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2012 |
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ENVELOPE(-88.000,-88.000,75.252,75.252) ENVELOPE(-95.001,-95.001,76.668,76.668) ENVELOPE(-94.718,-94.718,76.302,76.302) |
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Arctic Devon Island Grinnell Peninsula Port Refuge |
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Arctic Devon Island Grinnell Peninsula Port Refuge |
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Arctic Devon Island Dorset culture eskimo* Thule culture |
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Arctic Devon Island Dorset culture eskimo* Thule culture |
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