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Chipewyan drift fences and shooting-blinds in the central Barren Grounds

megaliths to medicine wheels : boulder structures in archaeology • Calgary, Alta. • Published In 1981 • Pages: 171-185

By: Morrison, David.

Abstract

This source is an archaeological survey of various stone game-drive features (e.g., shooting-blinds, drift fences, etc.) found along the Elk and upper Thelon Rivers in the eastern district of Mackenzie. Morrison relates these stone structures to similar features employed in caribou hunting by the historic Chipewyan population of the area and their forebearers of the Taltheilei tradition. He suggests further that the large drift-fence sites investigated '…probably [were] used by briefly assembled midsummer macrobands, while smaller sites could be used later in the season when both the caribou herds and the hunting bands had dispersed' (p. 171).

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

North America

Sub Region

Arctic and Subarctic

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1990-1991

Field Date

1976

Coverage Date

prehistoric period (Taltheilei tradition) - late eighteenth century

Coverage Place

Elk River, upper Thelon River, District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada

Notes

[by] David Morrison

LCSH

Chipewyan Indians