The Inglefield Land Archaeology Project : introduction and overview

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

LEMOINE, G.M.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College, Maine, Brunswick, Etats-Unis

DARWENT, C.M.

Dep. of Anthropology, Univ. of California, Davis, Etats-Unis

Description :
Focusing on the late prehistoric to historic transition, excavation of 2 Thule-Inughuit winter houses and adjacent middens was carried out at Iita, Foulke Fjord, western Inglefield Land, in 2006. Although constructed during the mid-1800s to early 1900s, the structures were dug into early through late Thule and Paleoeskimo deposits. At Cape Grinnell, in central Inglefield Land, 3 Thule sod-block houses, a Thule fall-winter qarmat, a Thule cache, a Late Dorset axial-feature, and an early Paleoeskimo axial-feature were excavated. Radiocarbon analysis revealed a tight cluster of dates, ca. AD 1200-1420, from the Late Dorset and Thule features : intensified Late Dorset-early Thule occupation followed by apparent abandonment coincident with the onset of climatic cooling.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geografisk tidsskrift, issn : 1903-2471, 2010, vol. 110, n°. 2, p. 279-296, nombre de pages : 18, Références bibliographiques : 44 ref.

Date :
2010

Identifiants :
eurl : http://rdgs.dk/djg/pdfs/110/2/GEO_110_2_11.pdf

Editeur :
Pays édition : Danemark, Kobenhavn, Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab

Langue :
Anglais