Paleocarpentry in the Eastern Arctic: an Inferential Exploration of Saqqaq Kayak Construction
Because wooden artifacts are rarely preserved in ‘stone age’ archaeological contexts, it is difficult to study the actual techniques through which lithic tools were used in a complementary fashion to manipulate the natural properties of wood. Saqqaq culture (~4400-3300 BP), from West Greenland, prov...
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ftunitorontoojs:oai:jps.library.utoronto.ca:article/12342 2023-05-15T14:59:29+02:00 Paleocarpentry in the Eastern Arctic: an Inferential Exploration of Saqqaq Kayak Construction Walls, Matthew D. 2010-04-05 application/pdf https://vav.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/vav/article/view/12342 eng eng Anthropology Graduate Student Union, University of Toronto https://vav.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/vav/article/view/12342/11070 https://vav.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/vav/article/view/12342 vis-à-vis: Explorations in Anthropology; Vol 10 No 2 (2010) 2293-7323 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2010 ftunitorontoojs 2020-12-01T10:29:43Z Because wooden artifacts are rarely preserved in ‘stone age’ archaeological contexts, it is difficult to study the actual techniques through which lithic tools were used in a complementary fashion to manipulate the natural properties of wood. Saqqaq culture (~4400-3300 BP), from West Greenland, provides an example where complex skin-on-frame kayaks were built using stone tool kits. This article will inferentially explore Saqqaq paleocarpentry by outlining the skills that are requisite to building kayaks. Though Saqqaq tools are only discussed briefly, it can be inferred that many of them would have been used in suites to achieve specific carpentry goals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Saqqaq Saqqaq culture University of Toronto: Journal Publishing Services Arctic Greenland Kayak ENVELOPE(103.217,103.217,71.533,71.533) |
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Because wooden artifacts are rarely preserved in ‘stone age’ archaeological contexts, it is difficult to study the actual techniques through which lithic tools were used in a complementary fashion to manipulate the natural properties of wood. Saqqaq culture (~4400-3300 BP), from West Greenland, provides an example where complex skin-on-frame kayaks were built using stone tool kits. This article will inferentially explore Saqqaq paleocarpentry by outlining the skills that are requisite to building kayaks. Though Saqqaq tools are only discussed briefly, it can be inferred that many of them would have been used in suites to achieve specific carpentry goals. |
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Walls, Matthew D. Paleocarpentry in the Eastern Arctic: an Inferential Exploration of Saqqaq Kayak Construction |
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Paleocarpentry in the Eastern Arctic: an Inferential Exploration of Saqqaq Kayak Construction |
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Paleocarpentry in the Eastern Arctic: an Inferential Exploration of Saqqaq Kayak Construction |
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Paleocarpentry in the Eastern Arctic: an Inferential Exploration of Saqqaq Kayak Construction |
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Paleocarpentry in the Eastern Arctic: an Inferential Exploration of Saqqaq Kayak Construction |
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Paleocarpentry in the Eastern Arctic: an Inferential Exploration of Saqqaq Kayak Construction |
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paleocarpentry in the eastern arctic: an inferential exploration of saqqaq kayak construction |
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Anthropology Graduate Student Union, University of Toronto |
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2010 |
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https://vav.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/vav/article/view/12342 |
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ENVELOPE(103.217,103.217,71.533,71.533) |
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Arctic Greenland Kayak |
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Arctic Greenland Kayak |
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Arctic Greenland Saqqaq Saqqaq culture |
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Arctic Greenland Saqqaq Saqqaq culture |
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vis-à-vis: Explorations in Anthropology; Vol 10 No 2 (2010) 2293-7323 |
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https://vav.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/vav/article/view/12342/11070 https://vav.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/vav/article/view/12342 |
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