Dorset Palaeoeskimo Skin Processing at Phillip's Garden, Port au Choix, Northwestern Newfoundland

This paper examines artifactual and palaeo-limnological evidence of sealskin processing associated with Phillip's Garden, a Dorset Palaeoeskimo site at Port au Choix in northwestern Newfoundland. We propose that harp seals were hunted from Phillip's Garden as much for skins as for meat and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Arctic. - Arctic Institute of North America. - 61(2008), 1, Seite 35-47
1. Verfasser:	Renouf, M. A. P. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Bell, T.
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Arctic
Schlagworte:	Newfoundland Dorset Palaeoeskimo Phillip's Garden sealskin processing tabular slate tools palaeo-limnology cultural landscape Terre-Neuve paléo-esquimau dorset jardin Phillip's mehr... transformation des peaux de phoques outils en schiste tabulaire paléolimnologie paysage culturel Physical sciences Behavioral sciences Biological sciences Business Applied sciences