book chapter

Chapters 1-4

Crossroads to Greenland : 3000 years of prehistory in the eastern high Arctic • (2) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 1-126, 357-364

By: Schledermann, Peter.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This monograph presents data representing the first 3000 years of human occupation in Canadian High Arctic prehistory as it appears in the Bache Peninsula region on the east coast of Ellesmere Island (p. 22). The sites discussed and their accompanying artifacts all belong to the Arctic Small Tool tradition (ASTt) and include information on the Independence I, Saqqaq, and Pre-Dorset complexes or phases. The archaeological data were obtained over a period of eight field seasons from 1977-1982 and 1987 and 1988. From the analysis of his data, combining a blend of physical description and archaeological synthesis, Schledermann concludes that the Palaeoeskimo hunters '…not only received influences from both Greenland and arctic regions to the south, but that occupations around the polynyas of the area lasted several centuries at a time ' (p. i). The author views these occupations as distinct cultural entities. One significant feature of this study is the author's identification of Saqqaq elements in the Canadian Arctic which were previously known only in Greenland.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Identification

Maps

Bone, horn, and shell technology

Lithic industries

Dwellings

Weapons

General tools

Archaeological inventories

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.

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

1977-1982, 1987, 1988

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

ca. 4000 BP-2800 BP

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Bache Peninsula area, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

NotesAdditional notes

Peter Schledermann

Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 Independence I Complex ; Chapter 3 Saqqaq complex ; Chapter 4 Pre-Dorset Complex

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-364)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

c90912197

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Arctic regions--Antiquities