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- Title
Charcoal Analysis Reveals Dorset Use and Selection of Firewood at Phillip's Garden, Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.
- Authors
Miszaniec, Jason; Bell, Trevor
- Abstract
This paper reports Dorset (800 BC--AD 1300) firewood use and selection at the Phillip's Garden site (EeBi-1), northwestern Newfoundland, Canada. Charcoal fragments from five semi-subterranean dwellings and one midden were predominantly fir (Abies sp.) and spruce (Picea sp.). These genera dominate the modern forest, contemporary driftwood accumulations, and the prehistoric tree pollen record for the region. These data suggest that Dorset collected firewood according to the principle of least effort from nearby sources.
- Subjects
CHARCOAL analysis (Archaeology); ARCHAEOLOGICAL chemistry; FUELWOOD; DWELLINGS; SPRUCE
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 2019, Vol 43, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
0705-2006
- Publication type
Article