Mackenzie Inuit Lithic Raw Material Procurement in the Lower Mackenzie Valley: The Importance of Social Factors

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: MacKay, Glen, Burke, Adrian L., Gauthier, Gilles, Arnold, Charles D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2013
• Subjects: geochemical analysis; energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence; Mackenzie Inuit; Dene; Kuukpak; lithic raw material procurement; quarry sites; Thunder River chert; oral history; analyse géochimique; fluorescence par rayons X en mode dispersion d’énergie; Inuits du Mackenzie; Déné; économie des matières premières lithiques; carrières; chert de la rivière Thunder; traditions orales; Arctic; Fleuve Mackenzie; Mackenzie River; Mackenzie Valley; Thunder River; Arctique*; Gwich’in; inuit; inuits; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67382

Oral and written historical records indicate that the Mackenzie Inuit traveled up the Mackenzie River from the Arctic Coast to procure lithic raw material in the interior from a quarry at the mouth of the Thunder River, which is known locally by the Gwich’in of the lower Mackenzie Valley as Vihtr’ii...