New data on Zooarchaeological Ethnoarchaeology from Western Greenland.

The present work contains several data obtained in the summer of 2017 about the hunting and processing of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) and seals (Phocidae) and the fishing of cod (Gadus morhua) in the Sisimiut area (West Greenland) by Inuit hunters and fishers. Data were collected through interviews,...

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Published in:Naveg@mérica. Revista electrónica editada por la Asociación Española de Americanistas
Main Author: Domínguez Solera, Santiago David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Ediciones de la Universidad de Murcia (Editum) 2020
Subjects:
Inuit
West Greenland
Zooarchaeology
Ethnoarchaelogy
Oeste de Groenlandia
Zooarqueología
Etnoarqueología
Greenland
Sisimiut
Foca
Gadus morhua
greenlander*
Groenlandia
inuit
Rangifer tarandus
Online Access:https://revistas.um.es/navegamerica/article/view/436761
https://doi.org/10.6018/nav.436761
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Summary:The present work contains several data obtained in the summer of 2017 about the hunting and processing of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) and seals (Phocidae) and the fishing of cod (Gadus morhua) in the Sisimiut area (West Greenland) by Inuit hunters and fishers. Data were collected through interviews, direct observation of hunting and fishing activities, prospecting and taphonomic analysis of the skeletal remains. The maintenance of traditional concepts of hunting, butchery, transport, distribution and consumption are still present among current Greenlanders. Different cultural uses between relatively close areas are demonstrated. Este trabajo presenta una serie de datos obtenidos en el verano de 2017 sobre la caza y el procesado del caribú (Rangifer tarandus) y de la foca (Phocidae) y la pesca del bacalao (Gadus morhua) en el área de Sisimiut (oeste de Groenlandia), por parte de cazadores y pescadores inuit. La información se recabó mediante entrevistas, observación directa de las actividades de caza y pesca, prospecciones y análisis tafonómicos de los restos óseos. Se constata el mantenimiento de conceptos tradicionales de caza, carnicería, transporte, reparto y consumo aún presentes entre los actuales groenlandeses y usos culturales diferentes entre áreas relativamente próximas.

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