Thule Culture Communal Houses in Labrador

From the study of excavations at Saglek Bay, construction of large rectangular sod-stone and whalebone communal houses by the Thule culture Eskimos in northern Labrador apparently began about the latter half of the seventeenth century. There appears to have been a general trend towards communal livi...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Schledermann, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1976
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Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65837