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Scraper: ᓰᕐᓕᕆᔭᐅᑦ/ᓴᑰᑦ/ᑕᓯᐅᒃᑎᕈᑦ/ᓴᓕᒎᑦ/ᖃᓘᑦ:
Siirlirijaut/sakuut/tasiuktirut/saliguut/qaluut: Grattoir
A type of tool used in the manufacture of skin, bone or wood tools, or the
processing of other materials (e.g. skin). Chipped-stone scrapers are distinguished by
one or more edges having a steep unifacial retouch. Bone scrapers used to prepare
or clean skins were often made from the scapula of the bull caribou.
Screening: ᑲᕐᖔᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ: Qarngaatittiniq: Criblage
A field technique in which the excavated matrix (soil, gravel, etc.) is passed through
a screen before being removed to the backdirt pile. Screening is done to maximize
data recovery and to ensure that small artifacts or ecofacts are not overlooked. A
common screen mesh size is 6 mm (1/4”). See Excavation.
Seasonal Round: ᐊᐅᓛᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ (ᐅᐱᕐᖏᓂᖅ-ᐅᐱᕐᖏᕕᒃ/ᐊᐅᔨᔪᑦ/ᐅᑭᐊᓪᓕᔪᑦ/ᐅᑮᔪᑦ-
ᐅᑮᕕᒃ): Aulaaqattarniq (upirnginiq/upirngivik/aujivik/ukiallijut/ukiijut-ukiivik):
Cycle saisonnier
The yearly cycle of movement amongst foragers from one settlement to another for
the purpose of harvesting spatially and temporally variable wildlife resources. See
Settlement System.
Seasonality: ᖃᖓᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᔪᖅᑕᐅᓂᕕᓂᖓ: Qangakkut najuqtaunivininga: Saisonnier,
saisonnière
Refers to the season(s) during which a site was occupied. Site seasonality can be
reconstructed using a wide variety of data, including house and artifact types, and
the analysis of animal bones and plant remains.
Secondary Refuse: ᐊᒃᑕᑦ: Aktat: Rebut secondaire
Refuse that has been removed from the location where it was produced and then
redeposited elsewhere, for example, in a midden. See Primary Refuse.
Semi-subterranean: ᐃᓗᕙᓯᒃᑐᖅ: Iluvasiktuq: Semi-souterrain(e)
A feature constructed partially underground. Thule culture winter houses are semisubterranean.
Settlement: ᓄᓇᓖᑦ: Nunaliit: Habitat
A location where members of a community reside for a specific purpose and period
of time.
Settlement System: ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᑦ/ᐱᐅᓯᖏᑦ: Nunaliit iliqqusingit/piusingit:
Système de peuplement
The complete set of settlements used by a community throughout the course of an
annual cycle.
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