Accession No

Z 46498 E


Description

One tubular bone, bevelled at both ends and oval in cross-section with transverse cut notches on one of the flat sides.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Foxe Basin; Melville Peninsula; Avvajja [Abverdjar]


Period

Dorset


Source

?Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator and donor]; ?Innuksuk, Aipiluk [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

171mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten paper note found with Z 46498 [A-F] reading in pencil: 'Abverdjar. Unidentifiable pieces'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Other)
The artefacts are unnumbered
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten paper note found with Z 46498 [A-F] reading in black biro ink: 'Z 46498. ?Abverdjar (no numbers). ?c+d G. W. Rowley'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Graham Rowley and Aipiluk Innuksuk, June to August 1939. See archive for notebooks, map and correspondence (XA/1/8, XA/1/34–XA/1/36, and XA/1/40).
Event Date 1939
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (References)
Rowley, G. (1940). ‘The Dorset culture of the eastern Arctic’. American Anthropologist, vol. 42(3). pp 490-499.
Event Date 1940
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46498 [A-F]: '6 bones found.'
Event Date 23/1/2001
Author: maa


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: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
One tubular bone, bevelled at both ends and oval in cross-section with transverse cut notches on one of the flat sides.
Event Date 20/8/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:318173

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