The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House

The Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta area who called themselves "Siglit", built winter homes not out of snow, but of driftwood, and in villages which they occupied annually. This article discusses the earliest historical record of Siglit architecture and building techniques including ventilati...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Arnold, Charles D., Hart, Elisa J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64448 2025-06-15T14:14:56+00:00 The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House Arnold, Charles D. Hart, Elisa J. 1992-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64448 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64448/48383 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64448 ARCTIC; Vol. 45 No. 2 (1992): June: 105–210; 199-200 1923-1245 0004-0843 Archaeology Design and construction Heating Houses Insulating materials Mackenzie Eskimos Mackenzie Delta N.W.T info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion other 1992 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z The Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta area who called themselves "Siglit", built winter homes not out of snow, but of driftwood, and in villages which they occupied annually. This article discusses the earliest historical record of Siglit architecture and building techniques including ventilation and insulation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic eskimo* inuit Mackenzie Delta Unknown Mackenzie Delta ENVELOPE(-136.672,-136.672,68.833,68.833) ARCTIC 45 2
spellingShingle Archaeology
Design and construction
Heating
Houses
Insulating materials
Mackenzie Eskimos
Mackenzie Delta
N.W.T
Arnold, Charles D.
Hart, Elisa J.
The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House
title The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House
title_full The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House
title_fullStr The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House
title_full_unstemmed The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House
title_short The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House
title_sort mackenzie inuit winter house
topic Archaeology
Design and construction
Heating
Houses
Insulating materials
Mackenzie Eskimos
Mackenzie Delta
N.W.T
topic_facet Archaeology
Design and construction
Heating
Houses
Insulating materials
Mackenzie Eskimos
Mackenzie Delta
N.W.T
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