CHARACTERIZATION OF CHERT ARTIFACTS AND TWO NEWLY IDENTIFIED CHERT QUARRIES ON SOUTHERN BAFFIN ISLAND. (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ten Bruggencate, R. E.; Milne, S. B.; Fayek, M.; Park, R. W.; Stenton, D. R.
• Is Part Of: Lithic technology. Volume 40:Number 3(2015)
• Page Start: 189
• Page End: 198
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Chert -- Geochemistry -- Provenance -- Arctic -- Palaeo-Eskimo; Stone implements -- Periodicals; Tools, Prehistoric -- Periodicals; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Periodicals; 621.9009012
• DOI: 10.1179/2051618515Y.0000000006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0197-7261

Abstract

Abstract : 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.