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Abstract
Dorset Palaeoeskimo sites on ancient gravel and cobble beaches pose exceptional challenges when researching prehistoric dwellings constructed along coastlines. At Peat Garden North, a Middle Dorset Palaeoeskimo site on Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula, a feature embedded in a raised dolomite beach is interpreted as a dwelling. Although all that remains of this structure is a poorly defined oval of arranged beach cobbles and gravel, the argument for this feature as a house is based on overall shape, size, internal features, artifact and faunal distribution, and similarities with other houses in the Arctic and sub-Arctic. In conclusion, we suggest that the layout of this house is a function of site seasonality.
Résumé
Les sites dorsétiens paléoesquimaux situés sur d'anciennes plages de gravier et de galets présentent des défis exceptionnels lors de l'étude d'habitations préhistoriques le long du littoral. À Peat Garden North, un site du Dorsétien moyen de la Péninsule Great Northern à Terre-Neuve, nous avons interpété un aménagement intégré dans une plage de dolomite comme étant une habitation. Bien que de cette structure il ne reste qu'un oval mal défini fait de galets et de gravier, notre interprétation se base sur sa forme générale, sa taille, ses aménagements intérieurs, la distribution des objets lithiques et des vestiges fauniques, ainsi que des similarités avec d'autres maisons de l'Arctique et du sub-Arctique. En conclusion, nous suggérons que la disposition de cette maison est une fonction de la saison d'occupation du site.
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