essay
The Paleo-Eskimo cultures in Sisimiut District, West Greenland: aspects of chronology
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: 39-63
By: Kramer, Finn Erik.
Abstract
This document presents an analysis of surface collections of stone tools and flakes of various materials from a large number of Paleo-Eskimo sites in the Sisimiut district of western Greenland. Most of the material from these sites comes from the Saqqaq culture with some artifacts from the later Dorset period used by the author for comparative purposes. This paper describes this material and proposes a method of dating the Paleo-Eskimo sites using what the author calls 'beach ridge chronology', a system relating settlement patterns with sea levels during specific time periods.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle;1998
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- Saqqaq culture (ca. 4000 BP-2200 BP)
- Coverage Place
- Sisimiut district, western Greenland
- Notes
- Finn Erik Kramer
- Includes bibliographical references (see document 7:Anonymous)
- LCSH
- Arctic regions--Antiquities