The organization of late Dorset lithic technology at the LdFa-1 site in southern Baffin Island, Nunavut

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dc.contributor.authorLandry, David Bryce
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeSzathmáry, Emőke (Anthropology) Park, Robert (University of Waterloo)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorMilne, Brooke (Anthropology)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-11T15:13:50Z
dc.date.available2013-09-11T15:13:50Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-11
dc.degree.disciplineAnthropologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study represents the first of its kind to examine an extensive lithic debitage assemblage from a Late Dorset inland occupation. The assemblage derives from an isolated Late Dorset component at the LdFa-1 site, located along the northwest shore of Mingo Lake in the deep interior of southern Baffin Island. A study sample of 7,479 lithic debitage is systematically drawn and analyzed using two methodological approaches: individual attribute analysis and mass analysis. Patterns of variability derived from the analysis are isolated and interpreted within a technological organizational framework to identify Late Dorset lithic reduction and use strategies at the site. Using a multi-scalar approach, these results are then compared to those obtained from two inland Pre-Dorset sites, known as Sandy Point (LlDv-10) and Mosquito Ridge (MaDv-11) to draw some conclusions about how Palaeo-Eskimo populations more broadly organized their lithic technologies and used this terrestrial landscape over time.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/22166
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectArcticen_US
dc.subjectDorseten_US
dc.subjectTechnologiesen_US
dc.subjectLithicen_US
dc.subjectDebitageen_US
dc.titleThe organization of late Dorset lithic technology at the LdFa-1 site in southern Baffin Island, Nunavuten_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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