Muskox and Man in the Subarctic: An Archaeological View

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Gordon, Bryan C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1977
• Subjects: Chipewyan Indians; Indian archaeology; Inuit archaeology; Muskoxen; Nunavut; Arctic; Burch; Indian; Chipewyan; inuit; muskox; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65758

Archaeologist Bryan C. Gordon, National Museum of Man, Ottawa, comments on the recent paper by Ernest S. Burch, Jr. in Arctic. He puts forward possible reasons for the relative absence of muskox remains. He concludes that, while barrenland archaeologists rightfully regard the caribou as the staff of...