By land and sea:

reflections about hunt in West Greenland.

Authors

  • Santiago David Domínguez-Solera ARES Arqueología y Patrimonio Cultural
Keywords: Inuit, hunt, West Greenland, whale, seal, Caribou, arctic fox.

Abstract

This paper contains several information about marine and terrestrial hunting technics developed by the Inuit people nowadays in West Greenland. Specifically it has information on whale and seal hunting, on caribou tracking and on the fox hunting with stone traps.

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07-03-2017
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Domínguez-Solera, S. D. (2017). By land and sea:: reflections about hunt in West Greenland. Naveg@merica. Electronic magazine edited by the Spanish Association of Americanists., (18). Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/navegamerica/article/view/286431
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