Tayara (KbFk-7) et le Dorsétien : recherche pluridisciplinaire sur un site-clé du Paléoesquimau du détroit d’Hudson (Nunavik, Canada)

Desrosiers, Pierre; Gendron, Daniel; Todisco, Dominique; Monchot, Hervé; Rahmani, Noura; Bhiry, Najat; Houmard, Claire

doi:10.1016/j.anthro.2008.05.003

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“…Additional data from Palaeoeskimo knapping experiments including various raw materials (chert, flint, crystal quartz and slate) are also presented for comparison to document microlithic industries. Palaeoeskimo from the eastern Canadian Arctic (Desrosiers et al, 2008) have some similarities with French Mesolithic or the chaînes opératoires dedicated to microblade production typical of some Upper Palaeolithic cultures. Experimenters were J. Pelegrin, M. Sørensen and P.M. Desrosiers.…”

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Particle size distribution of lithic assemblages and taphonomy of Palaeolithic sites

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Particle size distribution of lithic assemblages and taphonomy of Palaeolithic sites

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“…This final step did not produce small flakes. For the other steps of the chaîne opératoire, the slate used produced fewer small flakes than was the case for quartz, quartzite, and chert, because it was sufficiently compact to cause firm breakage Desrosiers et al, 2008). Finally, despite some slight differences, the size distribution of lithic artifacts according to raw materials appears to be statistically similar (Table III).…”

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Paleoeskimo site taphonomy: An assessment of the integrity of the Tayara site, Qikirtaq Island, Nunavik, Canada

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A detailed taphonomic study was undertaken at the Tayara site in order to determine the impact of natural processes such as surface water flow on spatial patterning and site formation. The study focused on Paleoeskimo level II, which contains many lithics and significant faunal remains. Level II integrity was assessed through spatial analysis and by examining the size distribution of lithic artifacts and bone orientation. Experimental knapping aimed at replicating Paleoeskimo lithic technology was used to assess the possible size sorting of lithics. The study indicates that artifact burial by water-laid sediments did not result in a selective impoverishment in small-sized lithics. Statistically significant lithic concentrations and associations suggest that spatial distribution was not significantly modified by site formation processes. However, slight post-depositional changes were presumably induced by water flows in the form of statistically significant horizontal bone reorientations. These occurred when gently flowing water inundated bone accumulations without inducing significant washing or sorting of smaller lithic debris. The spatial integrity evaluation of the level II assemblage reveals a low degree of spatial disturbance and disorganization of the material (i.e., limited entropy), which is likely related to low-energy hydraulic forces and rapid burial soon after Paleoeskimo occupation. The grouping and deposition of much of the occupation debris is likely the result of Paleoeskimo activities (e.g., knapping and butchering), and the lithics and fauna specimens are probably at or very near their original location. These results show the behavioral significance of the grouping and deposition of debris in Tayara's level II.

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“…Tayara is a key campsite for understanding the Palaeoeskimo period and especially the Initial Dorset phase in the Arctic (Desrosiers et al, 2008). AMS 14 C dating of six charcoal fragments clearly indicates a Classical Dorset age for level II dated between 1900 and 2100 yr B.P.…”

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Disentangling long bones of foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus) from arctic archaeological sites

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Tayara (KbFk-7) et le Dorsétien : recherche pluridisciplinaire sur un site-clé du Paléoesquimau du détroit d’Hudson (Nunavik, Canada)

Cited by 13 publications

References 32 publications

Particle size distribution of lithic assemblages and taphonomy of Palaeolithic sites

Particle size distribution of lithic assemblages and taphonomy of Palaeolithic sites

Paleoeskimo site taphonomy: An assessment of the integrity of the Tayara site, Qikirtaq Island, Nunavik, Canada

Disentangling long bones of foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus) from arctic archaeological sites

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