The Archaeology and Petrology of Coal Artifacts from a Thule Settlement on Axel Heiberg Island, Arctic Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Kalkreuth, Wolfgang, Sutherland, Patricia D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1998
• Subjects: Arctic Canada; Axel Heiberg Island; Thule culture; coal artifacts; coal petrology; archaeology; Canada arctique; île Axel Heiberg; culture Thulé; artefacts de charbon; pétrologie de la houille; archeology; Arctic; Canada; Heiberg; Arctique*; Île Axel Heiberg; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64133

Coal artifacts are occasionally excavated by archaeologists from Thule culture settlements (c. A.D. 1100-1700) in the Canadian Arctic and Alaska. This study examines two such artifacts from a Thule settlement located on the east coast of Axel Heiberg Island, Canada. One specimen has a petrographic c...