Social and ritual determinants of whale bone transport at a classic Thule winter site in the Canadian Arctic

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-75

  Whitridge, Peter ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone transport; Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus); Ritual; Social status; Spatial analysis; Thule Inuit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039488015     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.613     Document Type: Article

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