Arctic Harpoons

. Harpoons have a wide distribution throughout the world, but it is among the Inuit that the most complex pre-industrial forms were developed. The primary use of the Inuit harpoon was for hunting sea mammals, both at breathing holes in the sea ice and in open water, although in some arctic areas the...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Arnold, Charles D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64696 2023-05-15T14:19:13+02:00 Arctic Harpoons Arnold, Charles D. 1989-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64696 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64696/48610 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64696 ARCTIC; Vol. 42 No. 1 (1989): March: 1–84; 80-81 1923-1245 0004-0843 Artifacts History Hunting Inuit Canadian Arctic info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion other 1989 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:53Z . Harpoons have a wide distribution throughout the world, but it is among the Inuit that the most complex pre-industrial forms were developed. The primary use of the Inuit harpoon was for hunting sea mammals, both at breathing holes in the sea ice and in open water, although in some arctic areas the harpoon was used for fish as well. [The various styles of harpoons used in the Canadian Arctic from Prehistoric, Independence I, Pre-Dorset, early Dorset, late Dorset and Thule are described.] Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic inuit Sea ice University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic ARCTIC 42 1
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History
Hunting
Inuit
Canadian Arctic
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History
Hunting
Inuit
Canadian Arctic
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Arctic Harpoons
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History
Hunting
Inuit
Canadian Arctic
description . Harpoons have a wide distribution throughout the world, but it is among the Inuit that the most complex pre-industrial forms were developed. The primary use of the Inuit harpoon was for hunting sea mammals, both at breathing holes in the sea ice and in open water, although in some arctic areas the harpoon was used for fish as well. [The various styles of harpoons used in the Canadian Arctic from Prehistoric, Independence I, Pre-Dorset, early Dorset, late Dorset and Thule are described.]
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