L'industrie osseuse de Tayara (KbFk-7, Nunavik) revisitée par la technologie
International audience Bone tools from Tayara (KbFk-7, Nunavik) revisited by a technological study Tayara is one of the most famous Palaeo-Eskimo sites in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. William E. Taylor Jr. excavated it in 1958, and it has since become the main reference for defining Early Dorset cha...
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ftunivparis10:oai:HAL:hal-01529077v1 2023-11-12T04:14:01+01:00 L'industrie osseuse de Tayara (KbFk-7, Nunavik) revisitée par la technologie Houmard, Claire Préhistoire et Technologie (PréTech) Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2015 https://hal.parisnanterre.fr/hal-01529077 https://doi.org/10.7202/1038146ar fr fre HAL CCSD Universite Laval info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.7202/1038146ar hal-01529077 https://hal.parisnanterre.fr/hal-01529077 doi:10.7202/1038146ar ISSN: 0701-1008 EISSN: 1708-5268 Etudes inuit. Inuit studies https://hal.parisnanterre.fr/hal-01529077 Etudes inuit. Inuit studies, 2015, 39 (2), pp.145-172. ⟨10.7202/1038146ar⟩ [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2015 ftunivparis10 https://doi.org/10.7202/1038146ar 2023-10-25T16:22:31Z International audience Bone tools from Tayara (KbFk-7, Nunavik) revisited by a technological study Tayara is one of the most famous Palaeo-Eskimo sites in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. William E. Taylor Jr. excavated it in 1958, and it has since become the main reference for defining Early Dorset characteristics. His study was based on harpoon head typology and on the animal and human figurines discovered, especially the famous little human mask. This site is also exceptional because several occupation levels were unearthed for up to a metre in depth. Although Taylor used Tayara as an Early Dorset reference, this dating was challenged in the early 21th century, and the Avataq Cultural Institute has undertaken new excavations in the central part of Tayara, near Taylor's trenches 1, 2, and 3. The present article offers a typological and technological study of bone tools (ivory, bone, and antler) found by Taylor (164 objects) and by the Avataq Cultural Institute (1,090 pieces). Unfortunately, the new excavations (levels II and III) are palimpsests that encompass different occupations over a period of 600 years, and Tayara can no longer be uniquely considered an Early Dorset site. Levels 2 and 3 from Taylor's trenches seem generally comparable to level III of the recent excavations and probably date from Late Pre-Dorset times, whereas level 1 and the "buried culture" layer seem more associated with level II, which is considered Middle Dorset. These inferred datings are supported by the new radiocarbon dates. Tayara est l'un des sites paléoesquimaux les plus renommés de l'Arctique de l'Est canadien. Suite aux fouilles de William E. Taylor Jr. en 1958, il a servi de référence pour définir le faciès Dorsétien ancien. L'étude de Taylor était basée sur la typologie des têtes de harpon, ainsi que sur les figurines humaines et animales découvertes, notamment le fameux petit masque. Fait assez exceptionnel pour l'Arctique de l'Est, le site de Tayara a livré plusieurs niveaux d'occupation superposés, parfois sur un mètre. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Dorsétien eskimo* Nunavik Université Paris Nanterre: HAL Arctic Nunavik Études/Inuit/Studies 39 2 145 172 |
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International audience Bone tools from Tayara (KbFk-7, Nunavik) revisited by a technological study Tayara is one of the most famous Palaeo-Eskimo sites in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. William E. Taylor Jr. excavated it in 1958, and it has since become the main reference for defining Early Dorset characteristics. His study was based on harpoon head typology and on the animal and human figurines discovered, especially the famous little human mask. This site is also exceptional because several occupation levels were unearthed for up to a metre in depth. Although Taylor used Tayara as an Early Dorset reference, this dating was challenged in the early 21th century, and the Avataq Cultural Institute has undertaken new excavations in the central part of Tayara, near Taylor's trenches 1, 2, and 3. The present article offers a typological and technological study of bone tools (ivory, bone, and antler) found by Taylor (164 objects) and by the Avataq Cultural Institute (1,090 pieces). Unfortunately, the new excavations (levels II and III) are palimpsests that encompass different occupations over a period of 600 years, and Tayara can no longer be uniquely considered an Early Dorset site. Levels 2 and 3 from Taylor's trenches seem generally comparable to level III of the recent excavations and probably date from Late Pre-Dorset times, whereas level 1 and the "buried culture" layer seem more associated with level II, which is considered Middle Dorset. These inferred datings are supported by the new radiocarbon dates. Tayara est l'un des sites paléoesquimaux les plus renommés de l'Arctique de l'Est canadien. Suite aux fouilles de William E. Taylor Jr. en 1958, il a servi de référence pour définir le faciès Dorsétien ancien. L'étude de Taylor était basée sur la typologie des têtes de harpon, ainsi que sur les figurines humaines et animales découvertes, notamment le fameux petit masque. Fait assez exceptionnel pour l'Arctique de l'Est, le site de Tayara a livré plusieurs niveaux d'occupation superposés, parfois sur un mètre. ... |
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L'industrie osseuse de Tayara (KbFk-7, Nunavik) revisitée par la technologie |
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ISSN: 0701-1008 EISSN: 1708-5268 Etudes inuit. Inuit studies https://hal.parisnanterre.fr/hal-01529077 Etudes inuit. Inuit studies, 2015, 39 (2), pp.145-172. ⟨10.7202/1038146ar⟩ |
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