The Composition of Fatty Materials from a Thule Eskimo Site on Herschel Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Morgan, E.D., Titus, L., Small, R.J., Edwards, Corony
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Fatty acids; Food; Seals (Animals); Thule culture; Whales; Middens (Archaeology); Herschel Island; Yukon; Baleine; Arctic; bearded seal; eskimo*; Herschel
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65342

Analysis of midden material from a Thule Eskimo dwelling site on the shore of Herschel Island showed it to contain a high proportion of fatty material. Chemical analysis shows this to consist of a mixture of fatty acids from the fats and oils of marine animals which has been partially, but far from...