Accession No
1950.458 B
Description
Four chert points with tangs. One is unfinished and bifacially worked; the rest are unifacially worked.
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
1950.458 B; 81 [Excavation No.] 166 [Excavation No.]; 456 [Excavation No.]; 1511 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Chert
Local Term
Measurements
Events
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: maa
Context (References)
Rowley, G. (1940). ‘The Dorset culture of the eastern Arctic’. American Anthropologist, vol. 42(3). pp 490-499.
Event Date 1940
Author: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1950.458 [A-D]: 'Twenty eight chert scraper blades of various shapes and sizes and colours. Excavation Nos. : 81 (unfinished), 166, 180, 326, 329, 365, 392, 489, 625, 694 (unfinished), 738, 790, 796, 815, 837, 874, 877, 931, 943, 1017, 1022, 1038, 1143, 1168, 1427, 1511 (tanged), 450, 1555'.
Event Date 1950
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1950.458 [A-D]: '31 scrapers found.'
Event Date 24/1/2001
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)
Four chert points with tangs. One is unfinished and bifacially worked; the rest are unifacially worked.
Event Date 2/9/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:318916
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