Article Title：Analogues at Iqaluktuuq: The social context of archaeological inference in Nunavut, Arctic Canada
Abstract：
This paper presents a case study from the Canadian Arctic, in which the community context of an archaeological project has led to a re-thinking of a fundamental aspect of archaeological interpretation. Archaeologists are constantly confronted with the problem of identifying appropriated analogues for the societies whose material remains they study. In the Arctic, a particularly rich ethnographic record exists relating to recent Inuit lifeways; however, it remains difficult to determine when, if ever, it should be sued to interpret the Palaeo-Eskimo archaeological record which pre-dates 1,000 BP. This issue will be explored within the context of the Iqaluktuuq Project, a new program fo field research which aims to combine the traditional knowledge of modern Inuit elders with the Palaeo- and Neo-Eskimo archaeological records in the Ekalluk River region of south- eastern Victoria Island, Nunavut. Ultimately, the social engagement of archaeologists with elders has led to a reconsideration of the process of analogical inference,e resulting in a more robust use of recent Inuit lifeways as models for Palaeo-eskimos than would have occurred based on purely 'academic' considerations.
Keywords: Inuit; Palaeo-Eskimo; Dorset; analogy; oral history
DOI: 10.1080/0043824022000007134
Source：WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY
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