Prehistoric Sources of Chert in Northern Labrador: Field Work and Preliminary Analyses
The Torngat Archaeology Project is involved in a raw materials program that includes the "finger-printing" of certain lithics used by prehistoric cultures in Labrador, and the identification of their geological sources. Field work was carried out in 1978 in the Ramah and Mugford areas to s...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65639 2023-05-15T14:19:17+02:00 Prehistoric Sources of Chert in Northern Labrador: Field Work and Preliminary Analyses Lazenby, M.E. Colleen 1980-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65639 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65639/49553 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65639 ARCTIC; Vol. 33 No. 3 (1980): September: 383–670; 628-645 1923-1245 0004-0843 Archaeology Chert Inuit archaeology Labrador Northern info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1980 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:40Z The Torngat Archaeology Project is involved in a raw materials program that includes the "finger-printing" of certain lithics used by prehistoric cultures in Labrador, and the identification of their geological sources. Field work was carried out in 1978 in the Ramah and Mugford areas to sample chert outcrops and search for evidence of prehistoric quarrying and manufacturing activities. Numerous quarries and workshops were discovered in the Ramah Group, and a suite of Ramah and Cod Island chert samples was collected for analyses. Thin sections of four visually similar rock types from Labrador - Ramah chert, Cod Island chert, Saglek quarzite, and Ryan's quartz - were examined and samples of each were submitted for trace element analysis by neutron activation. Given the high purity of the cherts and the small number of samples used in the preliminary activation analysis, confident identification of and strong discrimination between the four, based on trace element concentrations, were not possible. However, thin section examination enabled identifications and differentiations to be made based on the petrographic features of each of the lithics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit University of Calgary Journal Hosting Cod Island ENVELOPE(-61.781,-61.781,57.784,57.784) ARCTIC 33 3 |
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The Torngat Archaeology Project is involved in a raw materials program that includes the "finger-printing" of certain lithics used by prehistoric cultures in Labrador, and the identification of their geological sources. Field work was carried out in 1978 in the Ramah and Mugford areas to sample chert outcrops and search for evidence of prehistoric quarrying and manufacturing activities. Numerous quarries and workshops were discovered in the Ramah Group, and a suite of Ramah and Cod Island chert samples was collected for analyses. Thin sections of four visually similar rock types from Labrador - Ramah chert, Cod Island chert, Saglek quarzite, and Ryan's quartz - were examined and samples of each were submitted for trace element analysis by neutron activation. Given the high purity of the cherts and the small number of samples used in the preliminary activation analysis, confident identification of and strong discrimination between the four, based on trace element concentrations, were not possible. However, thin section examination enabled identifications and differentiations to be made based on the petrographic features of each of the lithics. |
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Prehistoric Sources of Chert in Northern Labrador: Field Work and Preliminary Analyses |
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Prehistoric Sources of Chert in Northern Labrador: Field Work and Preliminary Analyses |
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Prehistoric Sources of Chert in Northern Labrador: Field Work and Preliminary Analyses |
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Prehistoric Sources of Chert in Northern Labrador: Field Work and Preliminary Analyses |
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