Anthropology 2230F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Medieval Warm Period, Snowmobile, Thesis Statement
1 Mar 2017
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Tuesday, january 19, 2016 anthro 2230 lecture 3 notes possible explanations for migration of thule to east. Dif cult to say if there is overlap between different groups. Chukchi peninsula is close to seward peninsula - separated by sea. Old bering sea culture - chukchi peninsula, st - lawrence island. Primarily aked tools but there is some grinding. Technical advances in sea mammal hunting (seals, walrus, rst evidence whale hunting) Even if harpoon doesn"t kill whale it will tire it out. Ice picks for hunting seals at their breathing hole. Hunters will stand there and wait to hunt them. Two forms of boats: kayaks and umiaks. Umiaks = much larger boats used by whale bone or antler. Dig down into ground up to 1m. Similarities between punuk (chukchi peninsula & bering sea) and birnirk (nw. Both have broad range of hunting tools; toggling harpoons, bird darts, throwing boards, bolas, sh spears.
