Animal bones and fat within hearths: Creating insight into arctic fuel management through fire experiments
International audience In northwestern Alaska, burned activity areas with horizons of carbonized organic remains and sand layers cemented with sea mammal fat are often found outside of Birnirk and Thule semi-subterranean house features. In this paper, we address the question of using animal products...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.j8sain 2023-05-15T15:03:22+02:00 Animal bones and fat within hearths: Creating insight into arctic fuel management through fire experiments Vanlandeghem, Marine Alix, Claire Norman, Lauren Buonasera, Tammy Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UFR Histoire de l'art et archéologie (UP1 UFR03) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1) Archéologies environnementales Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Archéologie des Amériques (ArchAm) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) University of Kansas Kansas City Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife University of Arizona Anchorage, United States 2018-03-21 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01846297 en eng HAL CCSD hal-01846297 10670/1.j8sain https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01846297 undefined Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société 45th Annual Meeting Alaska Anthropological Association 45th Annual Meeting Alaska Anthropological Association, Mar 2018, Anchorage, United States Hearth Fire Experimentation Fuel management Driftwood Charcoal Alaska Birnirk Thule archeo envir Conference Output https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_c94f/ 2018 fttriple 2023-01-22T16:55:02Z International audience In northwestern Alaska, burned activity areas with horizons of carbonized organic remains and sand layers cemented with sea mammal fat are often found outside of Birnirk and Thule semi-subterranean house features. In this paper, we address the question of using animal products (such as terrestrial and marine mammal fat, and bones) as supplementary fuels in wood-poor environments by reporting on a series of sixty-four experimental combustions under controlled conditions. Results assess the impact of animal fuels on wood fire temperature and duration as well as identify the effect of adding bones and fat to fires on archaeological charcoal remains. These results provide a framework to discuss why, when and for what purpose Birnirk and Thule people used fires in northwestern Alaska. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Alaska Unknown Anchorage Arctic |
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International audience In northwestern Alaska, burned activity areas with horizons of carbonized organic remains and sand layers cemented with sea mammal fat are often found outside of Birnirk and Thule semi-subterranean house features. In this paper, we address the question of using animal products (such as terrestrial and marine mammal fat, and bones) as supplementary fuels in wood-poor environments by reporting on a series of sixty-four experimental combustions under controlled conditions. Results assess the impact of animal fuels on wood fire temperature and duration as well as identify the effect of adding bones and fat to fires on archaeological charcoal remains. These results provide a framework to discuss why, when and for what purpose Birnirk and Thule people used fires in northwestern Alaska. |
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UFR Histoire de l'art et archéologie (UP1 UFR03) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1) Archéologies environnementales Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Archéologie des Amériques (ArchAm) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) University of Kansas Kansas City Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife University of Arizona |
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Animal bones and fat within hearths: Creating insight into arctic fuel management through fire experiments |
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Animal bones and fat within hearths: Creating insight into arctic fuel management through fire experiments |
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Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société 45th Annual Meeting Alaska Anthropological Association 45th Annual Meeting Alaska Anthropological Association, Mar 2018, Anchorage, United States |
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