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MARC recordA massacre and possible cannibalism in the Canadian Arctic: new evidence from the Saunaktuk Site (NgTn-1) / Jerry Melbye, Scott I. Fairgrieve.
| Title: | A massacre and possible cannibalism in the Canadian Arctic: new evidence from the Saunaktuk Site (NgTn-1) / Jerry Melbye, Scott I. Fairgrieve. |
| Author(s): | Melbye, Jerry. Fairgrieve, Scott I. |
| Date: | 1994. |
| In: | Arctic Anthropology. (1994.), Vol. 31(2) (1994) |
| Abstract: | Reports results of excavations of at least 35 individuals from site near Eskimo Lakes, Northwest Territories. Bodies show evidence of five forms of violent trauma indicating torture, mutilation, murder and cannibalism. Local oral tradition confirms existence of hostility between Inuit and Amerindians. |
| Notes: | Arctic Anthropology. Vol. 31(2) :57-77 (1994). |
| Keywords: | 39 -- Ethnography. 392.77 -- Enmity. 392.89 -- Cannibalism. 291.8 -- Oral history. 903 -- Archaeology. U -- Archaeology. (*41) -- Canada. (*440) -- Northwest Territories. |
| SPRI record no.: | 130175 |
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