CHARACTERIZATION OF CHERT ARTIFACTS AND TWO NEWLY IDENTIFIED CHERT QUARRIES ON SOUTHERN BAFFIN ISLAND

Autor: Ten Bruggencate, R. E., Milne, S. B., Fayek, M., Park, R. W., Stenton, D. R.
Zdroj: Lithic Technology; August 2015, Vol. 40 Issue: 3 p189-198, 10p
Abstrakt: Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) trace element analysis was used to characterize raw chert from one secondary (LeDx-42) and two primary (LbDt-1 and LdDx-2) sources on southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Raw chert trace element data are compared to ICP-MS trace element data for chert artifacts from a nearby Palaeo-Eskimo archaeological site (LeDx-42). Geochemical consistencies identified among the analyzed samples support the inference that Palaeo-Eskimo toolmakers at LeDx-42 exploited LdDx-2 and LbDt-1 as chert source locations.
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