A Large-Scale Systematic Study of Palaeoeskimo Soapstone Vessel Fragments from Newfoundland and Labrador

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ID11745583
AutoresJohn C Erwin (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume69
Fascículo5
Páginas1-1
Data de publicação2016-11-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoARCTIC (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0004-0843 • E-ISSN: 1923-1245
EditoraThe Arctic Institute of North America (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14430/arctic4592
OpenAlexW2550222050
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas4

The examination of Palaeoeskimo soapstone vessel fragments from the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador provides a better understanding of the use and significance of this technology. While researchers have tacitly accepted the function of soapstone vessels and their use by these populations on the basis of ethnographic analogy, no large-scale systematic study of these vessels has ever been produced to test these assumptions in this region. Results of this study, which are based upon the measurement of more than 3600 soapstone vessel fragments, demonstrate ways in which vessel function may be determined from both morphological characteristics and carbonization patterns. It is also concluded that there are recognizable stylistic differences between vessels used in Labrador and those used on the Island of Newfoundland. The methods employed in this study may be useful in the examination of similar vessels elsewhere in the Arctic

Archaeology · Arctic · Cartography · Geography · Scale (ratio · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Oceanography · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology