Archaeology of the McCormick Inlet Site, Melville Island, N.W.T.

Reports on a Dorset Eskimo site discovered by Henoch, qv. Architectural features of the dwelling and the artifacts collected are described. The large size of the stone tools (illus), and lack of some customary Dorset facts are unusual. The site is on the western periphery of the known range of Dorse...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Taylor, Jr., William E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1964
Subjects:
Energy budgets
Heat transmission
Movement
Ocean currents
Sea ice
Temporal variations
Winds
East Greenland Current
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Greenland
McCormick
McCormick Inlet
Dorset culture
East Greenland
east greenland current
eskimo*
Melville Island
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66545
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Summary:Reports on a Dorset Eskimo site discovered by Henoch, qv. Architectural features of the dwelling and the artifacts collected are described. The large size of the stone tools (illus), and lack of some customary Dorset facts are unusual. The site is on the western periphery of the known range of Dorset culture, and further work may elucidate Dorset-Alaskan relationships.

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