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Paleoeskimo variability: the early Arctic Small-Tool tradition in the central Canadian Arctic
American antiquity • 53 (1) • Published In 1988 • Pages: 52-74
By: Bielawski, Ellen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this document the author discusses the possibility that variability in the early Arctic Small Tool tradition (ASTt) is greater than previously described in the literature. 'Three questions dominate the interpretation of early ASTt remains in the central Canadian Arctic: Are the remains affiliated with the Independence I or the Pre-Dorset variants? What are the affect of seasonal mobility on the Paleoeskimo archaeological record? Does the core-area model have any remaining utility? Evidence from six Arctic Island locations indicated that Pre-Dorset and Independence I are not clearly separated temporally and stylistically. Functional analyses that consider the meaning of relevant attributes are required. Sources of variability include seasonality, local physiography and climate, and postabandonment processes. The complexity of the early ASTt record is not explained through pure historical particularism' (p. 52).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Diagnostic material attributes
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Location
- Cultural participation
- Settlement patterns
- 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
- article
- 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
- Independence I and Pre-Dorset phases (ca. 4000 BP-2200 BP)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Central Canadian Arctic, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- E. Bielawski
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-74)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 46036122
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities