Makivik Magazine Issue 91

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Stone Tools
Adrian Burke and Pierre M. Desrosiers then travelled to
the Salluit area, where the main goal was to carry out nondestructive
geophysical research at the Tayara site (KbFk-7)
to detect the presence of structures beneath the soil in zones
that have not yet been excavated. The team included our
guides Isaacie Padlayat and Jimmy Kadjulik, Yves Monette
(Canadian Museum of Civilization archaeologist) and Jean-
Christophe Aznar (National Institute of Scientific Research
geophysicist).
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Saglek Bay and Ramah Bay in Labrador were the final
stop on this field trip. Avataq had received an invitation
from Jenneth Curtis (Parks Canada archaeologist) to conduct
research at the quarries where Ramah chert was
extracted. This project was carried out in collaboration with
the Nunatsiavut government, represented by archaeologist
Jamie Brake. Some students from the region and some
Inuit polar bear monitors from Kangiqsualujjuaq and Nain
joined the team.
Our next step is to analyze the rocks that were collected
from the various geological sources of chert like
Nastapoka and Ramah. We will use a technique called X-ray
Fluorescence, which can tell us the chemical makeup of the
rock by using a powerful X-ray tube. This will be carried out
at the University of Montreal by Gilles Gauthier and Adrian
Burke. Once we have defined the chemical “signature” of
the rocks from different quarries we can then compare
them to the artefacts found on archaeological sites across
Nunavik to confirm that those rocks really did travel with
people over large distances or were traded between Inuit
or Palaeoeskimo groups.
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