essay
The Independence I and the Old Nuulliit cultures in relation to the Saqqaq culture
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: 191-198
By: Elling, Henrik.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Based on previously published works, this document discusses the archaeological similarites between the early Paleo-Eskimo cultures in Greenland defined in this study as Independence I, Saqqaq, and Old Nuulliit. The published arguments for differentiating these cultures from one another is based on six major criteria: (1) carbon 14 dating; (2) the analysis of the raw material used in making the stone implements; (3) the physical size and attributes of the tools themselves; (4) the percentage of certain types of implements in the collection (e.g., microblades, burins, burin spalls); (5) the presence of harpoon heads and lamps; and (6) the presence of the mid-passage structure as part of the dwellings of the cultures involved. ' A conclusion of the paper is that we do not have scientific proof for maintaining this cultural classification. Furthermore, it will be argued that the variations within the archaeological material from the three early Paleo-Eskimo groups could be interpreted as the adaptation of one people/one culture to different environmental conditions in different parts of the country' (p. 191).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Lithic industries
- Heating and lighting equipment
- Weapons
- General tools
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 5900 BP-2900 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Greenland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Includes bibliographical references (see document 7:Anonymous)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities