Dorset Palaeoeskimo Skin Processing at Phillip’s Garden, Port au Choix, Northwestern Newfoundland

• Main Authors: Renouf, M.A.P., Bell, Trevor J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Institute of North America 2008
• Subjects: G Geography (General); Q Science (General); Arctic; Newfoundland; Port au Choix
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/429/; https://research.library.mun.ca/429/1/dorset_palaeoeskimo.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/429/3/dorset_palaeoeskimo.pdf; http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/view/5

This paper examines artifactual and palaeo-limnological evidence of sealskin processing associated with Phillip’s Garden, a Dorset Palaeoeskimo site at Port au Choix in northwestern Newfoundland. We propose that harp seals were hunted from Phillip’s Garden as much for skins as for meat and fat, and...