Subfossil beetles, lice and fleas from palaeoeskimo and neoeskimos sites
Archaeoentomology, the analysis of insect remains preserved in archaeological contexts, is an approach that is relatively unknown in North America. Even though the first study of insect subfossils from Greenland was conducted in the 1960s, nearly three decades passed before studies were undertaken i...
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description | Archaeoentomology, the analysis of insect remains preserved in archaeological contexts, is an approach that is relatively unknown in North America. Even though the first study of insect subfossils from Greenland was conducted in the 1960s, nearly three decades passed before studies were undertaken in the North American Arctic. Since then, a little more than twenty sites of palaeoeskimo (Saqqa, Dorset) and neoeskimo (Thule, Inuit, Yup’ik) cultures have been examined for their subfossil insect faunas, producing thousands of beetle, lice and flea specimens. This data allows an examination of the subsistence and hygiene practices of past indigenous peoples of Alaska, northern Canada and Greenland, as well as their impacts on the local fauna and flora. This paper reviews the contribution of archaeoentomology in the study of hunter-gatherer lifeways in the Circumpolar North. L’archéoentomologie, l’analyse des restes d’insectes préservés en contexte archéologique, est une approche relativement méconnue en Amérique du Nord. Bien qu’une première étude d’insectes subfossiles provenant d’un site paléoesquimau ait été conduite à la fin des années 1960 au Groenland, il s’est écoulé près de trois décennies avant que de telles études se réalisent dans l’Arctique nord-américain. Depuis, une vingtaine de sites de cultures paléoesquimaudes (Saqqaq, Dorset) et néoesquimaudes (thuléennes, inuites, yup’iks) ont fait l’objet d’analyses archéoentomologiques, produisant des milliers de spécimens de coléoptères, de poux et de puces. Ces données permettent d’examiner les pratiques de subsistance et d’hygiène des anciens peuples autochtones de l’Alaska, du Nord canadien et du Groenland, ainsi que leurs effets sur la faune et la flore locale. Cet article présente un bilan de l’apport des analyses archéoentomologiques à l’étude des modes de vie des chasseurs-cueilleurs du Nord circumpolaire. La arqueoentomología, el análisis de los restos de insectos preservados en un contexto arqueológico es un enfoque relativamente desconocido en ... |
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spelling | fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::4f1c7c85892f1fa05ed02e7ecea3bbc4 2025-01-16T20:47:13+00:00 Subfossil beetles, lice and fleas from palaeoeskimo and neoeskimos sites Allison Bain Véronique Forbes Frédéric Dussault Olivier Lalonde 2018-06-12 http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/raq/2017-v47-n2-3-raq03793/1048592ar.pdf https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/raq/2017-v47-n2-3-raq03793/1048592ar.pdf https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1048592ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1048592ar http://www.erudit.org/en/journals/raq/2017-v47-n2-3-raq03793/1048592ar/ https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2884796209 fr fre Recherches amérindiennes au Québec http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/raq/2017-v47-n2-3-raq03793/1048592ar.pdf https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/raq/2017-v47-n2-3-raq03793/1048592ar.pdf https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1048592ar http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1048592ar http://www.erudit.org/en/journals/raq/2017-v47-n2-3-raq03793/1048592ar/ https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2884796209 undefined oai:erudit.org:1048592ar 1048592ar 10.7202/1048592ar 2884796209 10|opendoar____::16e6a3326dd7d868cbc926602a61e4d0 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|issn___print::ed31fcc0a033a8990e4b3f729451f9ea 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a Sciences Humaines et Sociales Social Sciences and Humanities archéoentomologie Paléoesquimaux Néoesquimaux chasseurs-cueilleurs interactions homme-environnement archaeoentomology Palaeoeskimo Neoeskimo hunter-gatherers human-environment interactions arqueoentomología Paleoesquimal Neoesquimal cazadores-recolectores interacciones humano-ambiente General Medicine archeo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2018 fttriple https://doi.org/10.7202/1048592ar 2023-01-22T16:41:04Z Archaeoentomology, the analysis of insect remains preserved in archaeological contexts, is an approach that is relatively unknown in North America. Even though the first study of insect subfossils from Greenland was conducted in the 1960s, nearly three decades passed before studies were undertaken in the North American Arctic. Since then, a little more than twenty sites of palaeoeskimo (Saqqa, Dorset) and neoeskimo (Thule, Inuit, Yup’ik) cultures have been examined for their subfossil insect faunas, producing thousands of beetle, lice and flea specimens. This data allows an examination of the subsistence and hygiene practices of past indigenous peoples of Alaska, northern Canada and Greenland, as well as their impacts on the local fauna and flora. This paper reviews the contribution of archaeoentomology in the study of hunter-gatherer lifeways in the Circumpolar North. L’archéoentomologie, l’analyse des restes d’insectes préservés en contexte archéologique, est une approche relativement méconnue en Amérique du Nord. Bien qu’une première étude d’insectes subfossiles provenant d’un site paléoesquimau ait été conduite à la fin des années 1960 au Groenland, il s’est écoulé près de trois décennies avant que de telles études se réalisent dans l’Arctique nord-américain. Depuis, une vingtaine de sites de cultures paléoesquimaudes (Saqqaq, Dorset) et néoesquimaudes (thuléennes, inuites, yup’iks) ont fait l’objet d’analyses archéoentomologiques, produisant des milliers de spécimens de coléoptères, de poux et de puces. Ces données permettent d’examiner les pratiques de subsistance et d’hygiène des anciens peuples autochtones de l’Alaska, du Nord canadien et du Groenland, ainsi que leurs effets sur la faune et la flore locale. Cet article présente un bilan de l’apport des analyses archéoentomologiques à l’étude des modes de vie des chasseurs-cueilleurs du Nord circumpolaire. La arqueoentomología, el análisis de los restos de insectos preservados en un contexto arqueológico es un enfoque relativamente desconocido en ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Groenland inuit inuites Paleoesquimal Saqqaq Thule Alaska Unknown Arctic Canada Greenland Recherches amérindiennes au Québec 47 2-3 11 21 |
spellingShingle | Sciences Humaines et Sociales Social Sciences and Humanities archéoentomologie Paléoesquimaux Néoesquimaux chasseurs-cueilleurs interactions homme-environnement archaeoentomology Palaeoeskimo Neoeskimo hunter-gatherers human-environment interactions arqueoentomología Paleoesquimal Neoesquimal cazadores-recolectores interacciones humano-ambiente General Medicine archeo envir Allison Bain Véronique Forbes Frédéric Dussault Olivier Lalonde Subfossil beetles, lice and fleas from palaeoeskimo and neoeskimos sites |
title | Subfossil beetles, lice and fleas from palaeoeskimo and neoeskimos sites |
title_full | Subfossil beetles, lice and fleas from palaeoeskimo and neoeskimos sites |
title_fullStr | Subfossil beetles, lice and fleas from palaeoeskimo and neoeskimos sites |
title_full_unstemmed | Subfossil beetles, lice and fleas from palaeoeskimo and neoeskimos sites |
title_short | Subfossil beetles, lice and fleas from palaeoeskimo and neoeskimos sites |
title_sort | subfossil beetles, lice and fleas from palaeoeskimo and neoeskimos sites |
topic | Sciences Humaines et Sociales Social Sciences and Humanities archéoentomologie Paléoesquimaux Néoesquimaux chasseurs-cueilleurs interactions homme-environnement archaeoentomology Palaeoeskimo Neoeskimo hunter-gatherers human-environment interactions arqueoentomología Paleoesquimal Neoesquimal cazadores-recolectores interacciones humano-ambiente General Medicine archeo envir |
topic_facet | Sciences Humaines et Sociales Social Sciences and Humanities archéoentomologie Paléoesquimaux Néoesquimaux chasseurs-cueilleurs interactions homme-environnement archaeoentomology Palaeoeskimo Neoeskimo hunter-gatherers human-environment interactions arqueoentomología Paleoesquimal Neoesquimal cazadores-recolectores interacciones humano-ambiente General Medicine archeo envir |
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