Instruments of Change: Late Dorset Palaeoeskimo Drums and Shamanism on Coastal Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada

The only known evidence of Dorset Palaeoeskimo drum use ever documented was salvaged decades ago along with thousands of other Late Dorset Palaeoeskimo artifacts from an eroding coastal site (PfFm-1) at Button Point on Bylot Island, Nunavut (Figure 1) (Mary-Rousselière 1976, Taylor 1971-1972). These...

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Main Authors: Rast Tim, Wolff Christopher B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016-06-01
Series:Open Archaeology
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opar.2016.2.issue-1/opar-2016-0004/opar-2016-0004.xml?format=INT