Archaeology of fuel use in Northwestern Alaska: multi-proxy analyses to explore Birnirk and Thule culture fuel economy at Cape Espenberg
International audience We present a study regarding fuel availability at the sites of Cape Espenberg in northwestern Alaska, based on data from post-AD1000 archaeological sites. Our long-term goal is to explore fuel management patterns in a wood-poor arctic environment. Birnirk and Thule inhabitants...
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ftuparislumieres:oai:HAL:hal-01846317v1 2024-06-23T07:50:40+00:00 Archaeology of fuel use in Northwestern Alaska: multi-proxy analyses to explore Birnirk and Thule culture fuel economy at Cape Espenberg Vanlandeghem, Marine Alix, Claire Michelle, Elliott Théry-Parisot, Isabelle Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UFR Histoire de l'art et archéologie (UP1 UFR03) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1) Archéologies environnementales Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Archéologie des Amériques (ArchAm) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d'Études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM) Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Ténérife, Spain 2017-02-09 https://hal.science/hal-01846317 en eng HAL CCSD hal-01846317 https://hal.science/hal-01846317 PALEOCHAR CONFERENCE: Ethnoarchaeology of Fire Symposium https://hal.science/hal-01846317 PALEOCHAR CONFERENCE: Ethnoarchaeology of Fire Symposium, Feb 2017, Ténérife, Spain [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference poster 2017 ftuparislumieres 2024-06-10T14:19:26Z International audience We present a study regarding fuel availability at the sites of Cape Espenberg in northwestern Alaska, based on data from post-AD1000 archaeological sites. Our long-term goal is to explore fuel management patterns in a wood-poor arctic environment. Birnirk and Thule inhabitants at Cape Espenberg (AD XIth-XVth centuries) used driftwood as fuel, but often mixed it with nonwood fuel (bones, fat, etc.). Large burned areas are found associated with most house features, raising questions regarding the uses of fire, as well as the functions of these hearth and burnt areas for different time periods. We developed a multidisciplinary approach to explore fuel practices in this region using soil micromorphology, anthracology and experimental combustions. The complementarity of these approaches is key to providing information about the functions of combustion features. Under controlled laboratory conditions and outdoors with local conditions, we conducted experimental fires, using either wood fuel or mixed wood-fat fuel (either terrestrial or marine mammal fat). These experimental combustions provide information about the impact of fat on the temperature and duration of fire, the formation of soil crusts, and agglomerated organic residues. Analysis and identification of charcoal remains suggest strong contrasts in the representation of wood taxa and the preservation of charcoal between wood-only and fat-added experimental fires. The implication of these results are discussed in relation to the analysis of burnt areas at Cape Espenberg. Conference Object Arctic Thule culture Alaska Université Paris Lumières: HAL Arctic |
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International audience We present a study regarding fuel availability at the sites of Cape Espenberg in northwestern Alaska, based on data from post-AD1000 archaeological sites. Our long-term goal is to explore fuel management patterns in a wood-poor arctic environment. Birnirk and Thule inhabitants at Cape Espenberg (AD XIth-XVth centuries) used driftwood as fuel, but often mixed it with nonwood fuel (bones, fat, etc.). Large burned areas are found associated with most house features, raising questions regarding the uses of fire, as well as the functions of these hearth and burnt areas for different time periods. We developed a multidisciplinary approach to explore fuel practices in this region using soil micromorphology, anthracology and experimental combustions. The complementarity of these approaches is key to providing information about the functions of combustion features. Under controlled laboratory conditions and outdoors with local conditions, we conducted experimental fires, using either wood fuel or mixed wood-fat fuel (either terrestrial or marine mammal fat). These experimental combustions provide information about the impact of fat on the temperature and duration of fire, the formation of soil crusts, and agglomerated organic residues. Analysis and identification of charcoal remains suggest strong contrasts in the representation of wood taxa and the preservation of charcoal between wood-only and fat-added experimental fires. The implication of these results are discussed in relation to the analysis of burnt areas at Cape Espenberg. |
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UFR Histoire de l'art et archéologie (UP1 UFR03) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1) Archéologies environnementales Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Archéologie des Amériques (ArchAm) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d'Études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM) Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Archaeology of fuel use in Northwestern Alaska: multi-proxy analyses to explore Birnirk and Thule culture fuel economy at Cape Espenberg |
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Archaeology of fuel use in Northwestern Alaska: multi-proxy analyses to explore Birnirk and Thule culture fuel economy at Cape Espenberg |
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Archaeology of fuel use in Northwestern Alaska: multi-proxy analyses to explore Birnirk and Thule culture fuel economy at Cape Espenberg |
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Archaeology of fuel use in Northwestern Alaska: multi-proxy analyses to explore Birnirk and Thule culture fuel economy at Cape Espenberg |
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Archaeology of fuel use in Northwestern Alaska: multi-proxy analyses to explore Birnirk and Thule culture fuel economy at Cape Espenberg |
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archaeology of fuel use in northwestern alaska: multi-proxy analyses to explore birnirk and thule culture fuel economy at cape espenberg |
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