James M Savelle
Biographic Data
| ID | 248765 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James M Savelle |
| GIVEN NAMES | James M |
| FAMILY NAME | Savelle |
| SIGNATURE | SAVELLE J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 199 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
General Introduction
Subsistence Whaling: Past History and Contemporary Issues
Subsistence Whaling: Past History and Contemporary Issues
Middle Dorset communal living at Alarniq, northern Foxe Basin, Inuit Nunangat (Arctic Canada)
New Insights from the Dorset Type Site at Alarniq, Northern Foxe Basin, Arctic Canada: Beach Level Chronology and Site Use
In 2008, four decades since Meldgaard's work at Alarniq-the type site for Dorset culture-Savelle and Dyke returned to resurvey the site. Archaeological investigations continued in 2015 and 2017 as part of the Foxe Basin Archaeological Project, when Howse conducted further surveys, excavated six semi-subterranean dwellings and two associated middens, and tested five additional features. The new site map and radiocarbon sequence have significantly …
Late Dorset Triangular Midpassages in the Canadian Arctic and Northwest Greenland: Origins and Dispersal
Midpassages are the most recognizable architectural feature associated with the entire Paleoeskimo period (2800 BC-AD 1300) in the Canadian and Greenlandic Arctic. Usually built of stone, midpassages are rectangular-shaped axial structures that run through the center of tent rings and semisubterranean house depressions. However, a unique triangular form of midpassage developed in association with the Late Dorset complex in the Boothia Peninsula a…
Prehistoric Neoeskimo Komatiks, Victoria Island, Arctic Canada
The remains of five prehistoric Neoeskimo sleds—komatiks—were located during extensive ground surveys over several hundred square kilometres on the Wollaston Peninsula, western Victoria Island, Arctic Canada. The radiocarbon dates obtained on the remains range from 790 to 300 BP (cal. 736 – 300), which places the sleds within the Thule and Intermediate Copper Eskimo Period. Structurally, these sleds are similar to historic Copper Inuit and Netsil…
Paleoeskimo Occupation History of Foxe Basin, Arctic Canada: Implications for the Core Area Model and Dorset Origins
This paper presents the first detailed record of Paleoeskimo occupation history of Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, the traditional Paleoeskimo 'core area.' Rather than continuous, stable occupations from approximately 4000-1000 B.P. traditionally assumed for the core area, the region has undergone a series of demographic oscillations, including several instances of abandonment of key areas, most notably Igloolik. The Foxe Basin demographic tr…
Paleoeskimo Demography on Western Victoria Island, Arctic Canada: Implications for Social Organization and Longhouse Development
Paleoeskimo populations on western Victoria Island reached maximum levels in Early Pre-Dorset time and declined abruptly shortly after 3800 14C years BP. The largest subsequent recovery occurred during Dorset time, particularly during Late Dorset, about 1500 to 600 BP. Early Pre-Dorset settlement patterns were similar to those documented for the same period and culture elsewhere in Arctic Canada, with dispersed nuclear families and small extended…
Paleoeskimo Demography and Holocene Sea-level History, Gulf of Boothia, Arctic Canada
Surveys in six areas along the Gulf of Boothia produced large collections of radiocarbon samples from raised beaches that yield six new relative sea-level curves and information on Holocene bowhead whale ranges. In addition, on the lower beaches, we documented 482 Paleoeskimo dwelling features spanning about 3500 years (4200–800 14C years BP). Spatial densities of sites are only about half those reported by us from adjacent regions, but other att…
Paleoeskimo Demography and Sea-Level History, Kent Peninsula and King William Island, Central Northwest Passage, Arctic Canada
Surveys on the Kent Peninsula and King William Island in the central Canadian Arctic in 2006 documented 546 Paleoeskimo dwelling features spanning about 3800 years (4500–800 14C years BP), essentially the time span of the Paleoeskimos in the region. Feature elevation above sea level, corroborated by a series of radiocarbon dates, appears to indicate that Paleoeskimo occupation passed through a series of boom-and-bust cycles, the first being the m…
Palaeoeskimo Demography on Western Boothia Peninsula, Arctic Canada
Surveys on western Boothia Peninsula in 2004 documented 483 Palaeoeskimo dwellings spanning approximately 3300 years (4500–1200 B.P. in uncalibrated radiocarbon years), about the total time range for Palaeoeskimo groups in the central Canadian Arctic. On the basis of dwelling elevations above sea level and a series of radiocarbon dates, Palaeoeskimo occupation appears to have passed through multiple boom-and-bust cycles. Following the first peopl…
The symbolic dimensions of whale bone use in Thule winter dwellings
The Thule whale bone house is one of the most impressive features of the arctic landscape. Bowhead whale bone elements within 18 Thule winter houses along the southeastern coast of Somerset Island (Nunavut) were mapped and the patterning of these elements was investigated through the application of a bowhead architectural utility index and through principal components analysis. The results suggest that while whale bone was initially selected for …
Krüger's Final Camp in Arctic Canada
On 3 July 1999, John England, Art Dyke, and undergraduate student Michelle Laurie were surveying raised marine shorelines on Axel Heiberg Island halfway between Cape Southwest and the mouth of Surprise Fiord. During this work, they discovered a site with objects that appeared to be "of considerable antiquity." ... Only the compass and the transit were collected for preservation and identification. Protruding through the surface sand was evidence …
A Processual Investigation of a Thule Whale Bone House, Somerset Island, Arctic Canada
In 1991, the authors excavated a Thule Inuit whale bone house at site PaJs-13 on southeast Somerset Island, Arctic Canada. Detailed analyses of house stratigraphy provide useful data for the study of the cultural and natural formation processes relating to the feature. Based on our analyses, and following McCartney (1979a), six stages are recognized: 1) raw material procurement, 2) house construction, 3) house use and maintenance, 4) house abando…
Logistical Organization, Social Complexity, and the Collapse of Prehistoric Thule Whaling Societies in the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Variability in Palaeoeskimo occupation on south-western Victoria Island, Arctic Canada: Causes and consequences
Palaeoeskimo occupation history on western Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic is inferred on the basis of the abundance of dwelling features according to elevation above sea level. The correlation between elevation above sea level and dwelling age is corroborated with seventy radiocarbon dates. The results suggest that the first occupants arrived in the region approximately 4500 radiocarbon years BP and attained maximum population levels by 4…
Holocene History of the Bering Sea Bowhead Whale ( Balaena Mysticetus ) in Its Beaufort Sea Summer Grounds off Southwestern Victoria Island, Western Canadian Arctic
The fossil remains of 43 bowhead whales were mapped on the raised beaches of western Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic, near the historic summer range limit of the Bering Sea stock in the Beaufort Sea. The elevations and radiocarbon ages of the remains demonstrate that the bowhead ranged commonly into the region following the submergence of Bering Strait at ca. 10,000 14 C yr B.P. until ca. 8500 14 C yr B.P. During the same in…
Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology
Holocene driftwood is found on postglacial raised beaches of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island. The highest driftwood appears on the 12- to 13-m beach, which formed about 4000 yr B.P., and is common on beaches 12–6 m in elevation. The earliest Paleoeskimo dwelling features also occur on the 12- to 13-m beach. Wood increases on the 5- to 6-m beach, which formed about 2000 yr B.P., and is abundant below that level. Thus, zonation of wood suggest…
Holocene Bowhead Whale ( Balaena mysticetus ) Mortality Patterns in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Changes according to elevation in frequencies of naturally stranded bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) remains on Holocene beaches in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) closely parallel previously reported temporal changes in frequencies of independently radiocarbon-dated bowhead remains from these same beaches. Specifically, on the basis of emergence curves determined for 10 localities surveyed in the CAA, stranded whale remains tend to be re…
The Late Wisconsinan and Holocene Record of Walrus ( Odobenus rosmarus ) from North America: A Review with New Data from Arctic and Atlantic Canada
The Late Wisconsinan and Holocene record of the Atlantic walrus is known from numerous collections of bones and tusks from Arctic Canada and south to North Carolina, as well as from many archaeological sites in the Arctic and Subarctic. In contrast, the Pacific walrus has no dated Late Wisconsinan or early Holocene record in North America, and it may have been displaced into the northwest Pacific at Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The Atlantic walrus…
Thule Eskimo bowhead whale interception strategies
Mortality profiles of bowhead whales at prehistoric Thule Eskimo villages (c. 1000–400 BP) in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago are shown to closely track their presumed migration route. Specifically, yearling sizes at an individual site correspond very closely to that site's location on the annual bowhead migration route. Population size, whaling success, and bowhead size selection at individual villages or village clusters were all apparently dep…
The Role of Architectural Utility in the Formation of Zooarchaeological Whale Bone Assemblages
A History of Sea Ice in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Based on Postglacial Remains of the Bowhead Whale ( Balaena Mysticetus )
The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a planktivore of the baleen group of whales adapted to live in the loose edges of the north polar sea ice. Its annual migrations roughly track the advance and retreat of the floe edge. The distribution and radiocarbon ages of bowhead subfossils in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago show that the range of the whale has expanded and contracted abruptly several times over the last 10.5 thousand years (ka). Each…
Derivation and Application of an Otariid Utility Index
The Role of Architectural Utility in the Formation of Zooarchaeological Whale Bone Assemblages
Derivation and application of a meat utility index for Phocid Seals
Paleoeskimo Occupation History of Foxe Basin, Arctic Canada: Implications for the Core Area Model and Dorset Origins
This paper presents the first detailed record of Paleoeskimo occupation history of Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, the traditional Paleoeskimo 'core area.' Rather than continuous, stable occupations from approximately 4000-1000 B.P. traditionally assumed for the core area, the region has undergone a series of demographic oscillations, including several instances of abandonment of key areas, most notably Igloolik. The Foxe Basin demographic tr…
Variability in Palaeoeskimo occupation on south-western Victoria Island, Arctic Canada: Causes and consequences
Palaeoeskimo occupation history on western Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic is inferred on the basis of the abundance of dwelling features according to elevation above sea level. The correlation between elevation above sea level and dwelling age is corroborated with seventy radiocarbon dates. The results suggest that the first occupants arrived in the region approximately 4500 radiocarbon years BP and attained maximum population levels by 4…
An Odontocete (Cetacea) Meat Utility Index
Cultural and Natural Formation Processes of a Historic Inuit Snow Dwelling Site, Somerset Island, Arctic Canada
Analysis of the remains of a historic Inuit winter site, in conjunction with information supplied by one of the original inhabitants, demonstrates that despite post-occupational disturbance in the form of snow melt and associated downslope movement, the original internal site structure was maintained. Specific activity loci are identified for two snow houses, one occupied during early winter and the other during late winter. Changes in artifact a…
Derivation and Application of an Otariid Utility Index
Palaeoeskimo Demography on Western Boothia Peninsula, Arctic Canada
Surveys on western Boothia Peninsula in 2004 documented 483 Palaeoeskimo dwellings spanning approximately 3300 years (4500–1200 B.P. in uncalibrated radiocarbon years), about the total time range for Palaeoeskimo groups in the central Canadian Arctic. On the basis of dwelling elevations above sea level and a series of radiocarbon dates, Palaeoeskimo occupation appears to have passed through multiple boom-and-bust cycles. Following the first peopl…
The symbolic dimensions of whale bone use in Thule winter dwellings
The Thule whale bone house is one of the most impressive features of the arctic landscape. Bowhead whale bone elements within 18 Thule winter houses along the southeastern coast of Somerset Island (Nunavut) were mapped and the patterning of these elements was investigated through the application of a bowhead architectural utility index and through principal components analysis. The results suggest that while whale bone was initially selected for …
Bowhead whale bones and Thule Eskimo subsistence–settlement patterns in the central Canadian Arctic
Bowhead whale bones in prehistoric Thule Eskimo contexts have been examined since 1975 in the central Canadian Arctic. Approximately 10,500 bones, representing almost 1000 animals, have been counted on the shores of six adjacent islands. Comparisons of Thule-derived bowhead samples with live Beaufort Sea samples and Early Holocene samples indicate that Thule Eskimo hunters selected yearlings and two- to three-year-old subadults, to the almost com…
Discovery of human remains from Sir John Franklin’s last expedition
Thule Eskimo bowhead whale interception strategies
Mortality profiles of bowhead whales at prehistoric Thule Eskimo villages (c. 1000–400 BP) in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago are shown to closely track their presumed migration route. Specifically, yearling sizes at an individual site correspond very closely to that site's location on the annual bowhead migration route. Population size, whaling success, and bowhead size selection at individual villages or village clusters were all apparently dep…
A Processual Investigation of a Thule Whale Bone House, Somerset Island, Arctic Canada
In 1991, the authors excavated a Thule Inuit whale bone house at site PaJs-13 on southeast Somerset Island, Arctic Canada. Detailed analyses of house stratigraphy provide useful data for the study of the cultural and natural formation processes relating to the feature. Based on our analyses, and following McCartney (1979a), six stages are recognized: 1) raw material procurement, 2) house construction, 3) house use and maintenance, 4) house abando…
Historic Inuit pottery in the eastern Canadian Arctic
Previously unpublished information from John Ross's expedition of 1829–33 to the Canadian Arctic indicates that Netsilik Inuit at that time manufactured and used clay-based ceramic pots. Additional published ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources indicate that the Sadlermiut Inuit, and probably the Utkuhikjalik and Qaernerimiut Inuit, also possessed ceramic technology. Considered in conjunction with survival characteristics of pottery, this sugge…
Middle Dorset communal living at Alarniq, northern Foxe Basin, Inuit Nunangat (Arctic Canada)
John Ross and Bellot Strait: Personality versus discovery
During his voyage to the North American Arctic in 1829–933 John Ross was twice on the verge of discovering Bellot Strait, once in August 1829 and again in June 1832. The discovery would have done much to redeem his reputation, shattered in his earlier Arctic voyage of 1818, and might have helped him to delineate, or even sail through, a northwest passage. Using previously unpublished material, this article examines the circumstances in which Ross…
New Insights from the Dorset Type Site at Alarniq, Northern Foxe Basin, Arctic Canada: Beach Level Chronology and Site Use
In 2008, four decades since Meldgaard's work at Alarniq-the type site for Dorset culture-Savelle and Dyke returned to resurvey the site. Archaeological investigations continued in 2015 and 2017 as part of the Foxe Basin Archaeological Project, when Howse conducted further surveys, excavated six semi-subterranean dwellings and two associated middens, and tested five additional features. The new site map and radiocarbon sequence have significantly …
Late Dorset Triangular Midpassages in the Canadian Arctic and Northwest Greenland: Origins and Dispersal
Midpassages are the most recognizable architectural feature associated with the entire Paleoeskimo period (2800 BC-AD 1300) in the Canadian and Greenlandic Arctic. Usually built of stone, midpassages are rectangular-shaped axial structures that run through the center of tent rings and semisubterranean house depressions. However, a unique triangular form of midpassage developed in association with the Late Dorset complex in the Boothia Peninsula a…
The archaeology of a Netsilik Inuit camp depicted by John Ross in 1831
The archaeological remains associated with a Netsilik Inuit camp, illustrated by John Ross at Sheriff Harbour, Boothia Peninsula, NWT in 1831, are described. The site, consisting of four tent rings and two external hearths, was originally occupied by 23 Inuit over a four-day period. Associated with a first-contact between Inuit and Europeans, and relating to a recorded historical event, the remains are of unique archaeological and historic intere…
Discovery of human remains from Sir John Franklin’s last expedition
Cultural and Natural Formation Processes of a Historic Inuit Snow Dwelling Site, Somerset Island, Arctic Canada
Analysis of the remains of a historic Inuit winter site, in conjunction with information supplied by one of the original inhabitants, demonstrates that despite post-occupational disturbance in the form of snow melt and associated downslope movement, the original internal site structure was maintained. Specific activity loci are identified for two snow houses, one occupied during early winter and the other during late winter. Changes in artifact a…
Historic Inuit pottery in the eastern Canadian Arctic
Previously unpublished information from John Ross's expedition of 1829–33 to the Canadian Arctic indicates that Netsilik Inuit at that time manufactured and used clay-based ceramic pots. Additional published ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources indicate that the Sadlermiut Inuit, and probably the Utkuhikjalik and Qaernerimiut Inuit, also possessed ceramic technology. Considered in conjunction with survival characteristics of pottery, this sugge…
My Dear Beaufort: A Personal Letter from John Ross's Arctic Expedition of 1829-33
During his four years' residence in the Canadian Arctic in search of a Northwest Passage in 1829-33, John Ross wrote a private letter to Francis Beaufort, Hydrographer of the Navy. The letter, reproduced here, provides valuable historical insights into many aspects of Ross's character and of the expedition generally. His feelings of bitterness toward several of his contemporaries, especially John Barrow and William E. Parry, due to the ridicule s…
John Ross and Bellot Strait: Personality versus discovery
During his voyage to the North American Arctic in 1829–933 John Ross was twice on the verge of discovering Bellot Strait, once in August 1829 and again in June 1832. The discovery would have done much to redeem his reputation, shattered in his earlier Arctic voyage of 1818, and might have helped him to delineate, or even sail through, a northwest passage. Using previously unpublished material, this article examines the circumstances in which Ross…
The archaeology of a Netsilik Inuit camp depicted by John Ross in 1831
The archaeological remains associated with a Netsilik Inuit camp, illustrated by John Ross at Sheriff Harbour, Boothia Peninsula, NWT in 1831, are described. The site, consisting of four tent rings and two external hearths, was originally occupied by 23 Inuit over a four-day period. Associated with a first-contact between Inuit and Europeans, and relating to a recorded historical event, the remains are of unique archaeological and historic intere…
Discovery of the North: The Exploration of Canada’s Arctic, by Daniel Francis
Round Lord Mayor Bay with James Clark Ross: The Original Diary of 1830
During John Ross's arctic expedition of 1829-33 in search of a northwest passage, approximately 1000 km of new coastline was mapped. Included in these new coastlines was Lord Mayor Bay on eastern Boothia Peninsula, which was surveyed by Ross's nephew and second-in-command, James Clark Ross, in 1830. The results of the Lord Mayor Bay survey effectively ended any chance of there being a northwest passage south and east of Somerset Island or west of…
Retreat from Boothia: The Original Diary of James Clark Ross, May to October 1832
Following the abandonment of John Ross's expedition ship Victory in Lord Mayor Bay in 1832, Ross's nephew and second-in-command, James Clark Ross, led a separate forward sledging group for much of the retreat to Somerset Island. While John Ross described the events of his own sledging group in his published narrative, he provided essentially no information on James Clark Ross's group. Recently, the journal kept by James Clark Ross during the retr…
Derivation and application of a meat utility index for Phocid Seals
The Route of Sir John Franklin's Third Arctic Expedition: An Evaluation and Test of an Alternative Hypothesis
An archaeological survey to aid in the determination of the exact route of the last Sir John Franklin expedition following its overwintering at Beechey Island in 1845-46 was conducted in June 1982. The survey was designed to test the hypothesis that the expedition sailed from Beechey Island south to King William Island via McClintock Channel, rather than through Peel Sound and Franklin Strait, as is generally accepted. Surveyed areas included Kil…
Bowhead whale bones and Thule Eskimo subsistence–settlement patterns in the central Canadian Arctic
Bowhead whale bones in prehistoric Thule Eskimo contexts have been examined since 1975 in the central Canadian Arctic. Approximately 10,500 bones, representing almost 1000 animals, have been counted on the shores of six adjacent islands. Comparisons of Thule-derived bowhead samples with live Beaufort Sea samples and Early Holocene samples indicate that Thule Eskimo hunters selected yearlings and two- to three-year-old subadults, to the almost com…
A History of Sea Ice in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Based on Postglacial Remains of the Bowhead Whale ( Balaena Mysticetus )
The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a planktivore of the baleen group of whales adapted to live in the loose edges of the north polar sea ice. Its annual migrations roughly track the advance and retreat of the floe edge. The distribution and radiocarbon ages of bowhead subfossils in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago show that the range of the whale has expanded and contracted abruptly several times over the last 10.5 thousand years (ka). Each…
Derivation and Application of an Otariid Utility Index
An Odontocete (Cetacea) Meat Utility Index
The Role of Architectural Utility in the Formation of Zooarchaeological Whale Bone Assemblages
The Late Wisconsinan and Holocene Record of Walrus ( Odobenus rosmarus ) from North America: A Review with New Data from Arctic and Atlantic Canada
The Late Wisconsinan and Holocene record of the Atlantic walrus is known from numerous collections of bones and tusks from Arctic Canada and south to North Carolina, as well as from many archaeological sites in the Arctic and Subarctic. In contrast, the Pacific walrus has no dated Late Wisconsinan or early Holocene record in North America, and it may have been displaced into the northwest Pacific at Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The Atlantic walrus…
Thule Eskimo bowhead whale interception strategies
Mortality profiles of bowhead whales at prehistoric Thule Eskimo villages (c. 1000–400 BP) in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago are shown to closely track their presumed migration route. Specifically, yearling sizes at an individual site correspond very closely to that site's location on the annual bowhead migration route. Population size, whaling success, and bowhead size selection at individual villages or village clusters were all apparently dep…
Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology
Holocene driftwood is found on postglacial raised beaches of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island. The highest driftwood appears on the 12- to 13-m beach, which formed about 4000 yr B.P., and is common on beaches 12–6 m in elevation. The earliest Paleoeskimo dwelling features also occur on the 12- to 13-m beach. Wood increases on the 5- to 6-m beach, which formed about 2000 yr B.P., and is abundant below that level. Thus, zonation of wood suggest…
Holocene Bowhead Whale ( Balaena mysticetus ) Mortality Patterns in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Changes according to elevation in frequencies of naturally stranded bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) remains on Holocene beaches in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) closely parallel previously reported temporal changes in frequencies of independently radiocarbon-dated bowhead remains from these same beaches. Specifically, on the basis of emergence curves determined for 10 localities surveyed in the CAA, stranded whale remains tend to be re…
Holocene History of the Bering Sea Bowhead Whale ( Balaena Mysticetus ) in Its Beaufort Sea Summer Grounds off Southwestern Victoria Island, Western Canadian Arctic
The fossil remains of 43 bowhead whales were mapped on the raised beaches of western Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic, near the historic summer range limit of the Bering Sea stock in the Beaufort Sea. The elevations and radiocarbon ages of the remains demonstrate that the bowhead ranged commonly into the region following the submergence of Bering Strait at ca. 10,000 14 C yr B.P. until ca. 8500 14 C yr B.P. During the same in…
Logistical Organization, Social Complexity, and the Collapse of Prehistoric Thule Whaling Societies in the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Variability in Palaeoeskimo occupation on south-western Victoria Island, Arctic Canada: Causes and consequences
Palaeoeskimo occupation history on western Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic is inferred on the basis of the abundance of dwelling features according to elevation above sea level. The correlation between elevation above sea level and dwelling age is corroborated with seventy radiocarbon dates. The results suggest that the first occupants arrived in the region approximately 4500 radiocarbon years BP and attained maximum population levels by 4…
Krüger's Final Camp in Arctic Canada
On 3 July 1999, John England, Art Dyke, and undergraduate student Michelle Laurie were surveying raised marine shorelines on Axel Heiberg Island halfway between Cape Southwest and the mouth of Surprise Fiord. During this work, they discovered a site with objects that appeared to be "of considerable antiquity." ... Only the compass and the transit were collected for preservation and identification. Protruding through the surface sand was evidence …
A Processual Investigation of a Thule Whale Bone House, Somerset Island, Arctic Canada
In 1991, the authors excavated a Thule Inuit whale bone house at site PaJs-13 on southeast Somerset Island, Arctic Canada. Detailed analyses of house stratigraphy provide useful data for the study of the cultural and natural formation processes relating to the feature. Based on our analyses, and following McCartney (1979a), six stages are recognized: 1) raw material procurement, 2) house construction, 3) house use and maintenance, 4) house abando…
Archaeology (31 works) · Arctic (31 works) · Geography (30 works) · Geology (25 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (25 works) · Geology (24 works) · Oceanography (24 works) · Oceanography (24 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (20 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 works)