essay
The pioneers: the beginnings of Paleo-Eskimo research in West Greenland
paleo-eskimo cultures of greenland : a new perspective in greenlandic archaeology : papers from a symposium at the institute of archaeology and ethnology, university of copenhagen, may 21-24, 1992 • (1) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 9-16
By: Meldgaard, Jørgen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief discussion of the history of Paleo-Eskimo research in Greenland beginning around 1830 and extending to approximately 1929. In this article the author describes the role of the Royal Society for Northern Antiquities in stimulating archaeological research in the area, the various artifact collections in existence at the time, and the contributions of such scholars as the Fleishers, Japetus Steenstrup, Lars Moller, and others to the study of Greenland archaeology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Artifact and archive collections
- Vocabulary
- Lithic industries
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- western Greenland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jørgen Meldgaard
- Includes bibliographical references (see document 7: Anonymous)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities