A Few Problems Elucidated . And New Questions Raised by Recent Dorset Finds in the North Baffin Island Region
Several recent discoveries, made possible by exceptional conditions of preservation at the Nunguvik site (North Baffin Island), provide new information, among others, on the kayak and sled of the Dorset culture, and suggest that the Dorset people used skis. An engraved bone plate from the Dorset sit...
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1979
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| description | Several recent discoveries, made possible by exceptional conditions of preservation at the Nunguvik site (North Baffin Island), provide new information, among others, on the kayak and sled of the Dorset culture, and suggest that the Dorset people used skis. An engraved bone plate from the Dorset site of Sannirajaq (Hall Beach) pictures, associated with a caribou, an enigmatic object variously interpreted as a sled, a trap for caribou, or a wicker-trap. |
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| geographic | Baffin Island Hall Beach Kayak Nunavut |
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| spelling | ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65654 2025-06-15T14:14:45+00:00 A Few Problems Elucidated . And New Questions Raised by Recent Dorset Finds in the North Baffin Island Region Mary-Rousselière, O.M.I., G. 1979-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65654 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65654/49568 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65654 ARCTIC; Vol. 32 No. 1 (1979): March: 1–90; 22-32 1923-1245 0004-0843 Artifacts Dorset culture History Inuit Kayaks Sleds Baffin Island Nunavut info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1979 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z Several recent discoveries, made possible by exceptional conditions of preservation at the Nunguvik site (North Baffin Island), provide new information, among others, on the kayak and sled of the Dorset culture, and suggest that the Dorset people used skis. An engraved bone plate from the Dorset site of Sannirajaq (Hall Beach) pictures, associated with a caribou, an enigmatic object variously interpreted as a sled, a trap for caribou, or a wicker-trap. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Baffin Island Baffin Dorset culture Hall Beach inuit Nunavut Unknown Baffin Island Hall Beach ENVELOPE(-81.222,-81.222,68.782,68.782) Kayak ENVELOPE(103.217,103.217,71.533,71.533) Nunavut ARCTIC 32 1 |
| spellingShingle | Artifacts Dorset culture History Inuit Kayaks Sleds Baffin Island Nunavut Mary-Rousselière, O.M.I., G. A Few Problems Elucidated . And New Questions Raised by Recent Dorset Finds in the North Baffin Island Region |
| title | A Few Problems Elucidated . And New Questions Raised by Recent Dorset Finds in the North Baffin Island Region |
| title_full | A Few Problems Elucidated . And New Questions Raised by Recent Dorset Finds in the North Baffin Island Region |
| title_fullStr | A Few Problems Elucidated . And New Questions Raised by Recent Dorset Finds in the North Baffin Island Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Few Problems Elucidated . And New Questions Raised by Recent Dorset Finds in the North Baffin Island Region |
| title_short | A Few Problems Elucidated . And New Questions Raised by Recent Dorset Finds in the North Baffin Island Region |
| title_sort | few problems elucidated . and new questions raised by recent dorset finds in the north baffin island region |
| topic | Artifacts Dorset culture History Inuit Kayaks Sleds Baffin Island Nunavut |
| topic_facet | Artifacts Dorset culture History Inuit Kayaks Sleds Baffin Island Nunavut |
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