Accession No
Z 45087 B
Description
Fragment of stone dish or bowl. Oval shaped; reconstructed from two pieces; traces of burning on surface.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Ellesmere Island; Buchanan Bay; Turnstone Beach
Period
Dorset
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45087 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
105mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Stone bowl fragment'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Site 11, outside Hut 10. Excavated in August 1937 by Thomas Lethbridge during the 1937 Cambridge Expedition to North West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, led by James Mann Wordie. See MAA photo collection for lantern slides and photographs; see the University Library for excavation notebook (MS Add.9258/3).
Event Date 8/1937
Author: maa
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1938). ‘Appendix II: Eskimo Archaeology’ in J.M. Wordie, et al. ‘An Expedition to North West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic in 1937’. The Geographical Journal, vol. 92(5). pp 385-418.
Event Date 1938
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1939) ‘Archaeological Data from the Canadian Arctic’, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 69(2), pp. 196, Fig. 6, No. 1.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Traces of burning. One piece has broken off and been glued back on.
Event Date 14/3/2001
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of stone dish or bowl. Oval shaped; reconstructed from two pieces; traces of burning on surface.
Event Date 6/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:27261
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