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A Survey of Paleo-Eskimo sites in northern Eastgreenland
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: 177-189
By: Andreasen, Claus.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an archaeological survey, made in 1989-1990, of approximately seventy sites, stretching from the island of Shannon off the coast of Hochstetter Forland and Peter Bugt in Ardencaple Inlet to Lambert Land in northeastern Greenland. More than sixty of these sites are coastal and close to areas with early ice break-up. From the evaluation of the cultural material from the sites the author concludes that there were two occupational phases in the region under study -- a Pre-Dorset period dated to about 2100 B.C. to 1300 B.C., and a Dorset period roughly dated to approximately 700 B.C. to 300 B.C. Andreasen believes that 'the dating thus indicates a Pre-Dorset/Independence I phase in northern Eastgreenland [sic] slightly younger than in Peary Land, while the Dorset/Independence II-phase is contemporaneous with and probably with a little longer duration than in Peary Land' (p. 177). Faunal remains from these sites are minimal but included seal, wolves, polar bear and musk ox. Only the cultural data considered relevant to the Pre-Dorset/Independence I phase have been indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diagnostic material attributes
- Reviews and critiques
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Geography
- Fauna
- Lithic industries
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- ca. 4100 BP-3300 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeastern Greenland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Claus Andreasen
- Includes bibliographical references (see document 7: Anonymous)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities