Accession No

Z 46183.87 A


Description

Worked bone point. Roughly plano-convex in section, tapering at each end to a blunt terminal.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Strathcona Sound; Avartoq [Akbahtok]


Period

?Thule ?Inuit


Source

Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 46183.87 A; A.I.57 [Excavation No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

180mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46183.87 [A-B]: 'Bone; Point - Worked'.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
House I. Excavated by Graham Rowley in July 1937. See excavation notebook for list and drawings (XA/1/39/4).
Event Date 7/1937
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46183.87 [A-B]: 'One is a small bone point with a hollowed out end and the other is a small fragment of bone.'
Event Date 20/2/2001
Author: Esther Laver


Context (References)
Rowley, G. (2007). Cold Comfort: My Love Affair with the Arctic. 2nd edition. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Event Date 2007
Author: Esther Laver


Description (Physical description)
Worked bone point. Roughly plano-convex in section, tapering at each end to a blunt terminal.
Event Date 3/10/2024
Author: Esther Laver


Context (Amendments / updates)
This collection was previously entered as from '?Southampton Island' and collected by Graham Rowley in 1936. However, they correspond to those excavated by Rowley in 1937 at the site of Avartoq [Akbahtok], Strathcona Sound, drawings of which are in his excavation notebook (XA/1/39/4). The Place field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 3/10/2024
Author: Esther Laver


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