Animals and the precontact Inuit of Labrador: an examination using faunal remains, space and myth

• Main Author: Swinarton, Lindsay E. (Lindsay Ellen)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2008
• Subjects: Nachvak Fiord; inuit
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/8676/; https://research.library.mun.ca/8676/1/Swinarton_LindsayE.pdf

This thesis examines the faunal remains recovered from two sites in Nachvak Fiord, Labrador and attempts to interpret them through an examination of spatial patterning and ethnographically recorded data on historic Inuit animal use. The faunal remains used were recovered from house and midden contex...