Accession No

Z 45386


Description

Four pieces of three stone pots, likely used for cooking. Formed of one reconstructed sherd and one adjoining that has become detached, one pot is formed of a thick, flat base with shallow, flared and wide walls and a rounded rim. Another piece is reconstructed and burnished on both sides; the fourth is very thick.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Melville Peninsula; Naujaat; Naujan


Period

Thule


Source

Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45386; N50 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Larger pieces of stone pot.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Rowley's notebooks describe N50 [excavation number] as '20 pieces of cooking pots, handles etc. in a [?ats] bag.' Counting the adjoining/connceting pieces as one, 20 stone pieces of cooking pots have been found within the records of Z 45385, Z 45386 and Z45390 C. Therefore N50 has been included in all three records.
Event Date 1938
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Graham Rowley in September 1938 on the site of Therkel Mathiassen’s 1922 excavation. According Rowley (see XA/1/35), he ‘dug for a few afternoons in the lower levels of one of the igloos [Mathiassen] had not completed’. See excavation notebook for list and drawings (XA/1/39/3).
Event Date 9/1938
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Two pieces appear to join together.
Event Date 20/2/2001
Author: Clare McKenna


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: Clare McKenna


Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 45385 - Z 45399 were originally listed as being collected and donated by Thomas Manning, but have now been identified as being excavated and donated by Graham Rowley. The Source field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 23/9/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Four pieces of three stone pots, likely used for cooking. Formed of one reconstructed sherd and one adjoining that has become detached, one pot is formed of a thick, flat base with shallow, flared and wide walls and a rounded rim. Another piece is reconstructed and burnished on both sides; the fourth is very thick.
Event Date 30/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:27297

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