Functional Analysis of Three Unusual Assemblages from the Cape Dorset Area, Baffin Island

A brief survey of the Cape Dorset area, Baffin Island recovered surface collections from three very similar, but unusual quartz assemblages. This paper hypothesizes that these assemblages represent a consistent set of activities. In testing this hypothesis, the author uses an approach to functional...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Arundale, Wendy Hanford
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
Subjects:
Archaeology
Palaeoeskimo culture
Baffin Island
Nunavut
Cape Dorset (Settlement) region
Arctic
Cape Dorset
Baffin
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65630
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Summary:A brief survey of the Cape Dorset area, Baffin Island recovered surface collections from three very similar, but unusual quartz assemblages. This paper hypothesizes that these assemblages represent a consistent set of activities. In testing this hypothesis, the author uses an approach to functional analysis that has several important advantages over other methods. This approach can help solve problems in eastern arctic prehistory involving a relationship between environmental change and cultural change.

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