book chapter
Chapters 4-5
Prehistory of the eastern Arctic • Orlando, [Fla.] • Published In 1985 • Pages: 57-125, 311-320
By: Maxwell, Moreau S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a survey of several archaeological sites associated with the Eastern Arctic Small Tool cultures of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut of Canada, and in northwest Greenland, with a primary emphasis on the Pre-Dorset, Independence I, and Arctic Small Tool phases. The author begins his discussion with a brief account of archaeological discoveries in the area, and then proceeds to analyze the various sequential stages of cultural history at the sites investigated, particularly those on Baffin Island and in northwestern Greenland. Based on the analysis of the artifacts and architectual structures found at these sites the author reconstructs the life-styles of the Pre-Dorset population such as their settlement patterns, dwellings, food gathering activities, and other domestic activities. The work is well illustrated with numerous figures illustrating various artifacts of the predominately lithic industry.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Historical reconstruction
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Arctic Small Tool
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4000 BP - 2200 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nunavut, Canada; Greenland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Moreau Maxwell
- Chapter 4 - The earliest Paleoeskimo cultures ; Chapter 5 - Pre-Dorset
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-320) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84014488
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities