essay
The fauna from the Saqqaq site of Nipisat I, Sisimiut District: preliminary results
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: 97-110
By: Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work analyzes the preserved bone material from midden layers at Nipisat I, the youngest known open water site in Sisimiut district, western Greenland (2940 ±80 B.P.-2860±80 B.P. or ca. 940 B.C.-860 B.C.). A high percentage of bones from the site (46 percent) are from birds with lesser amounts from caribou and seals. 'The caribou material was intensively marrow fractured and the skeletal frequencies indicate that caribou hunted on the mainland were transported to the island of Nipisat in a partly butchered condition. Seasonal indicators, especially juvenile bird bones and mandibles from young caribou calves, demonstrate that Nipisat I was a summer/autumn site. The bone material has revealed the oldest occurrence in an archaeological context of the whooper swan in Greenland and two well preserved dog mandibles' (p. 97).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Fauna
- Annual cycle
- Fowling
- Hunting and trapping
- Marine hunting
- Diet
- 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.
- 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
- 1989-1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2940± 80 BP- 2860±80 BP (ca. 940 B.C.-860 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nipisat I: Sisimiut district, western Greenland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anne Birgitte Gotfredsen
- Includes bibliographical references (see document 7:Anonymous)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities