The walrus and the carpenter: Late Dorset ivory working in the high arctic

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-83

  LeMoine, Genevieve M ^a   Darwent, Christyann M ^b  

^a Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bone technology; Ivory; Late Dorset; Walrus; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043237199     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0201     Document Type: Article

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