Human Dorset Remains from Igloolik, Canada
Skeletal remains of four Dorset Palaeo-Eskimo individuals were found at Alarnerk (NhHd-1), Melville Peninsula, in 1954 by the joint Danish National Museum-University of Pennsylvania Expedition, which was excavating Dorset and pre-Dorset sites. These remains included one complete mandible, two fragme...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/63691 2023-05-15T14:19:06+02:00 Human Dorset Remains from Igloolik, Canada Lynnerup, Niels Meldgaard, Jørgen Jakobsen, Jan Appelt, Martin Koch, Anders Frøhlich, Bruno 2003-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63691 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63691/47627 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63691 ARCTIC; Vol. 56 No. 4 (2003): December: 321–440; 349-358 1923-1245 0004-0843 graves Alarnerk (NhHd-1) early and late Dorset physical anthropology dental anthropology sépultures Dorset ancien et Dorset tardif anthropologie physique anthropologie dentaire info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2003 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:20:58Z Skeletal remains of four Dorset Palaeo-Eskimo individuals were found at Alarnerk (NhHd-1), Melville Peninsula, in 1954 by the joint Danish National Museum-University of Pennsylvania Expedition, which was excavating Dorset and pre-Dorset sites. These remains included one complete mandible, two fragmentary mandibles, and a cranial fragment. One of the mandibular fragments, found in a grave, was from a child approximately nine months old. The other remains were found in middens at the site. These remains add to the otherwise very sparse Dorset human material. Analysis of the dental morphology, as well as morphometric analysis of the complete mandible, shows Eskimoid characters and resemblance with later period Greenlandic human skeletal remains. En 1954, à Alarnerk (NhHd-1) dans la péninsule de Melville, l'expédition menée conjointement par le Musée national du Danemark et l'université de Pennsylvanie pour effectuer des fouilles sur des sites de culture dorset et pré-dorset, a mis au jour des restes humains appartenant à quatre individus du paléo-esquimau du Dorset. Ces restes comprenaient une mâchoire inférieure complète, deux mâchoires inférieures partielles et un fragment de crâne. L'un des fragments mandibulaires, trouvé dans une sépulture, appartenait à un enfant âgé d'environ neuf mois. Les autres restes ont été découverts dans des tertres localisés sur le site. Ces restes viennent s'ajouter aux très rares éléments humains du Dorset déjà mis au jour. L'analyse de la morphologie dentaire du mandibule complet, ainsi que son analyse morphométrique, révèle des caractères esquimoïdes et une ressemblance avec des restes de squelettes humains groenlandais datant d'une période postérieure. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic eskimo* greenlandic groenlandais Igloolik Melville Peninsula University of Calgary Journal Hosting Canada Igloolik ENVELOPE(-81.800,-81.800,69.378,69.378) Melville Peninsula ENVELOPE(-83.999,-83.999,68.001,68.001) ARCTIC 56 4 |
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Skeletal remains of four Dorset Palaeo-Eskimo individuals were found at Alarnerk (NhHd-1), Melville Peninsula, in 1954 by the joint Danish National Museum-University of Pennsylvania Expedition, which was excavating Dorset and pre-Dorset sites. These remains included one complete mandible, two fragmentary mandibles, and a cranial fragment. One of the mandibular fragments, found in a grave, was from a child approximately nine months old. The other remains were found in middens at the site. These remains add to the otherwise very sparse Dorset human material. Analysis of the dental morphology, as well as morphometric analysis of the complete mandible, shows Eskimoid characters and resemblance with later period Greenlandic human skeletal remains. En 1954, à Alarnerk (NhHd-1) dans la péninsule de Melville, l'expédition menée conjointement par le Musée national du Danemark et l'université de Pennsylvanie pour effectuer des fouilles sur des sites de culture dorset et pré-dorset, a mis au jour des restes humains appartenant à quatre individus du paléo-esquimau du Dorset. Ces restes comprenaient une mâchoire inférieure complète, deux mâchoires inférieures partielles et un fragment de crâne. L'un des fragments mandibulaires, trouvé dans une sépulture, appartenait à un enfant âgé d'environ neuf mois. Les autres restes ont été découverts dans des tertres localisés sur le site. Ces restes viennent s'ajouter aux très rares éléments humains du Dorset déjà mis au jour. L'analyse de la morphologie dentaire du mandibule complet, ainsi que son analyse morphométrique, révèle des caractères esquimoïdes et une ressemblance avec des restes de squelettes humains groenlandais datant d'une période postérieure. |
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Human Dorset Remains from Igloolik, Canada |
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Human Dorset Remains from Igloolik, Canada |
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Human Dorset Remains from Igloolik, Canada |
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Human Dorset Remains from Igloolik, Canada |
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