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Paleo-Eskimo utilization of West Greenland inland areas
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: 111-118
By: Schilling, Henrik.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief article examines the limited evidence of Paleo-Eskimo activity in the region north of the Kangerlussuaq area in western Greenland, and suggests a possible Paleo-Eskimo resource utilization pattern where such activity did occur. Some important aspects concerning archaeological reconnaissance methodology in the inland areas is touched upon in this paper (p. 111).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Archaeological survey methods
- Location
- Topography and geology
- 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
- June/July 1991 (21 days), 1993 (summer)
- 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)
- Kangerlussuaq area, western Greenland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Henrik Schilling
- Includes bibliographical references (see document 7:Anonymous)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities