essay

Paleo-Eskimo sites and finds in the Scoresby Sund area

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: 161-176

By: Sandell, Hanne, Sandell, Birger.

Abstract
This is a brief survey of a number of Paleo-Eskimo sites in the Scoresby Sund area of eastern Greenland, made by the authors during two summer seasons in 1989-1990 and again in the summer of 1992. Primary emphasis in this document is on the artifacts recovered, their physical composition, and on the structural remains found at the sites. The cultural provenance of many of the artifacts is often unclear in this work because of the similarity in workmanship between many of the Saqqaq, Dorset, and Neo-Eskimo tools.
Subjects
Identification
Location
Topography and geology
Fauna
Comparative evidence
Prehistory
Lithic industries
Dwellings
Settlement patterns
General tools
Chronologies and culture sequences
tradition
Eastern Arctic Small Tool
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
North America
Sub Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 1998
Field Date
1989-1990, 1992 (summers)
Coverage Date
ca. 4560 BP-4490 BP
Coverage Place
Scoresby Sund, eastern Greenland
Notes
Hanne Sandell and Birger Sandell
Includes bibliographical references (see document 7:Anonymous)
LCSH
Arctic regions--Antiquities