Anvil Boulders and Lithic Reduction on Southern Victoria Island, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Brink, Jack
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Artifacts; Dorset culture; Inuit archaeology; Technology; Victoria Island; N.W.T./Nunavut; Anvil; Arctic; Baffin Island; Découverte; Galets; Great Bear Lake; les Galets; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Baffin; inuit; Terre de Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64440

This paper reports on an unusual archaeological feature discovered at the Cadfael site (NiNg-17) on southeastern Victoria Island. Two large boulders apparently served as anvil stones on which quartzite cobbles were fractured. Lithic debris remained in situ on and around the boulders, preserving the...