In search of Thule children : construction of playinghouses as a means of socializing children
This paper examines the miniature playhouse structures of Thule children that date from the pre-contact Thule period of approximately 1400-1800 AD. Implemented during the 2008 field season, the study explored the region of Wollaston Forland
into specifically arranged constructions that depict miniature versions of Thule houses.
Thule fishing revisited : the economic importance of fish at the Pembroke and Bell Sites, Victoria Island, Nunavut
The AA. report on 2 faunal assemblages which provide a new perspective on the issue of fishing in the Thule period. These sites, Pembroke and Bell, are situated on southeastern Victoria Island in the region historically occupied by the ‘Copper Inuit
’ who are known to have relied on fish to a significant degree, but whose annual subsistence-settlement cycle was notably different from their Thule ancestors. Following description and interpretation of the 2 faunal samples, the AA. consider the sites
importance to the broader understanding of the role of fish in Thule economies.
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
Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland
The study site in Northeast Greenland is located between 75°-73°30N. It lies in the high arctic climate zone with continuous permafrost. The AA. focuse on the relation between the various types of coastal environments and the location of Thule Inuit
environments towards the settlement requirements is discussed and preferred locations for settlements are shown. The Thule culture abandoned Northeast Greenland about 1850 AD, and apart from settlements on basalt capes, most of the winter settlement sites
Zooarchaeological analysis of a Late Dorset and an Early Thule dwelling at Cape Grinnell, Northwest Greenland
Excavations were undertaken at the site of Cape Grinnell, Northwest Greenland, by the Inglefield Land Archaeology Project in 2008. A well-preserved Late Dorset semi-subterranean mid-passage dwelling and an early Thule semi-subterranean sod-block
Thule. Spatial analysis of the house interiors (concentration of burned bones) revealed that carnivore gnawing was virtually non-existent in the Late Dorset structure but ubiquitous across the early Thule structure.
Faunal Remains from the Wollaston Forland – Clavering Ø region, Northeast Greenland – Thule culture subsistence in a high Arctic polynya and ice-edge habitat
The GeoArk project conducted interdisciplinary studies between 2003 and 2008 to investigate the Thule culture (c. 1400 AD until c. 1850 AD) in the Wollaston Forland – Clavering Ø region (74°N). Faunal remains of recent excavations and re-analyses
of previous excavations of Thule culture seasonal features, winter houses and middens are presented, with an emphasis on the 2 winter sites of Fladstrand and Dødemandsbugten. The faunal assemblages showed ringed seal (Phoca hispida) to be the key game species
, although, with important contingents of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Thule subsistence was highly dependent on having a well developed procurement system and the sea- and landscape was used differentially during the annual
Il s'agit du témoignage du Danois Peter Freuchen, explorateur polaire du début du XXè siècle. Il a fondé une famille chez les Esquimaux du nord du Groenland et a été co-fondateur du comptoir de Thulé où il a effectué 5 expéditions entre 1906 et 1909
Thule legend. Historical documents, topographical maps, statistical data, photographic evidence have been provided in order to detail the high latitude geographical environment dominated by the wide ranging Inlandsis ice cap. - (NF)
revolved around 2 primary processes critical to the understanding of Inuit history : 1), is the migration from Alaska to the east by the earliest Inuit, known as ‘Thule’, an apparently rapid event which replaced populations of the earlier, and culturally
very different Dorset tradition; 2), is the transformation of Thule Inuit into their more diverse recent cultural forms, involving abandonment of some regions, combined with major changes in settlement patterns, artifact form, architecture, economy
and summer regimes in the seasonal evolution of the polynya. Some of the most persistent areas of open water in the polynya coincide with locations where significant concentrations of spring and summer settlements from the Thule Inuit culture (AD 1400-1850
) are observed, indicating a connection between the presence of the polynya and the Thule Inuit living in the area in prehistoric times.
The Thule culture of the Wollaston-Clavering Ø area is analysed and their settlement pattern as recorded within the area is presented and analysed in relation to the high arctic seasons. From the analysis it is seen that a defined and stable
) and densities of features in the fjord, Foulke Fjord appears to have been continually occupied throughout the Thule-historic period (A.D. 1250-1953),and during the previous Late Dorset period (ca. A.D. 800-1250). However, features associated with the early
L'A. étudie le sens du lieu dans le district de Thule, Groenland septentrional. La notion de paysage nomade selon Deleuze et Guattari est creusée : il s'agit d'un réseau de centres spatiaux (points de référence). Dans de tels paysages, le mouvement