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Percussion Flaking: ᐅᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᑲᓱᒃᑕᖅᖢᒍ: Ulliatittiniq kasuktaqlugu: Taille par
percussion
A technique used in the manufacture of stone tools, in which stone flakes are
removed by striking a core with a hard implement such as stone, antler, or bone.
See Flaker.
Permafrost: ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᕿᕿᓂᖓ: Nunaup qiqininga: Permafrost
Ground that is perennially frozen. Permafrost is found throughout Arctic North
America and is the reason for the exceptionally good preservation of ancient
organic artifacts. See Active Layer.
Petroglyphs: ᐃᑎᕐᓕᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ: Itirliqtuqsimalluni
sanannguaqsimjuq: Pétroglyphe
Images carved in rock, thought to have spiritual significance.
Photomapping: ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᒃᑲᑦ: Ajjiliuqsimajut aaqqiksukkat: Cartographie
photographique
A technique of recording archaeological information in which a grid is placed over
an object or excavation area of interest and photographed to scale.
Pictograph: ᖃᐃᖅᓱᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ: qaiqsukkut titiraujaqsimajut: Inscription
rupestre
Ancient paintings on rock, often on cave walls. Thought to have spiritual
significance.
Plumb Bob: ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᖅᑯᑎᓕᒃ: Uukturaut ittaqqutilik: Plomb
A weight suspended from a string that is held directly above an artifact to ensure
vertical accuracy when recording provenience.
Pothunting: ᑎᒍᓇᖕᓂᖅ: Tigunangniq: Saccage
The unauthorized (illegal) removal of artifacts or related materials from
archaeological sites. See Looting.
Potsherd: ᐅᒃᑯᓯᕕᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓚᐅᑯᐊ: Ukkusiviniup ullaukua: Tesson
A fragment of a broken earthenware vessel or lamp. Pottery is rarely found in
archaeological sites in Nunavut but has been recovered from several early Thule
(ca. AD 1000/1200) sites.
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