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The Ruin Islanders : Thule culture pioneers in the Eastern High Arctic
- Title
- The Ruin Islanders : Thule culture pioneers in the Eastern High Arctic / Karen M. McCullough.
- Author
- McCullough, Karen Margrethe.
- Publication
- Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, ©1989.
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- Description
- xviii, 347 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Study draws on data from archaeological research in the Bache Peninsula region of eastern Ellesmere Island to clarify and extend knowledge of the Ruin Island phase of Thule culture and the question of Thule culture expansion into the Canadian High Arctic. Detailed discussion of Thule material culture.
- Series Statement
- Mercury series, 0316-1854
- Paper / Archeological Survey of Canada, 0317-2244 ; no. 141
- Uniform Title
- Mercury series
- Paper (Archaeological Survey of Canada) ; no. 141.
- Alternative Title
- Thule culture pioneers in the Eastern High Arctic.
- Subject
- Thule culture > Nunavut > Skraeling Island
- Thule culture > Nunavut > Ellesmere Island
- Inuit > Nunavut > Skraeling Island > Antiquities
- Inuit > Nunavut > Ellesmere Island > Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Nunavut > Skraeling Island
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Nunavut > Ellesmere Island
- Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Inuit > Antiquities
- Thule culture
- Thulekultur
- Inuits > Canada > Territoires du Nord-Ouest > Antiquités
- Fouilles archéologiques > Territoires du Nord-Ouest (Canada)
- Skraeling Island (Nunavut) > Antiquities
- Ellesmere Island (Nunavut) > Antiquities
- Nunavut > Ellesmere Island
- Nunavut > Skraeling Island
- Ellesmere Island
- Skraeling, île (Canada ; site archéologique) > Antiquités
- Ellesmere, île (Canada ; site archéologique) > Antiquités
- Note
- "Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - University of Toronto under the title: The Ruin Island phase of Thule culture in the Eastern High Arctic"--T.p. verso.
- Includes abstract in French.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 305-325.
- Contents
- Chapter 1. The cultural setting -- Neo-Eskimo culture history -- Ruin Island defined -- Chapter 2. Ruin Island phase sites -- Skraeling Island site -- Sverdrup site -- Eskimobyen site -- Chapter 3. Artifact analysis -- Sea mammal hunting, kayak, ice-hunting, land mammal, bird and transportation equipment -- Tools and household utensils -- Skin clothing and skin objects -- Ornaments and carvings -- Amulets and drums -- Toys and games -- Chapter 4. Chronology and cultural position -- Early Thule culture in the Eastern Arctic -- Chapter 5. Subsistence analysis -- Faunal recovery and analysis.
- ISBN
- 0660107937
- 9780660107936
- LCCN
- 89218621
- OCLC
- ocm20266253
- 20266253
- SCSB-1747923
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library