RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Role of Birds in the Subsistence Practices of the Dorset Peoples of Nunavik
JF Arctic Anthropology
JO Arctic Anthropol
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 69
OP 83
DO 10.3368/aa.53.1.69
VO 53
IS 1
A1 Monchot, Hervé
A1 Thompson, Andrea
A1 Patenaude, Benjamin
A1 Houmard, Claire
YR 2016
UL http://aa.uwpress.org/content/53/1/69.abstract
AB The Dorset sites of Tayara (KbFk-7) and KcFs-2 have yielded a rich assemblage of common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) and thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia). This study examines the role of birds and treatment of avian remains in the subsistence practices of Paleoeskimo groups along the southern coast of the Hudson Strait through the analysis of element representation, patterns of breakage, and bone-surface modifications. Our results demonstrate that although birds played a secondary role when compared with marine and terrestrial mammals, their economic importance cannot be understated.