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ID: CBB001201437

To Freeze or to Dry: Seasonal Variability in Caribou Processing and Storage in the Barrenlands of Northern Canada (2013)

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Food preparation Food safety Weather Animal anatomy Hunting; trapping Food and foods Food preservation Food science; food technology Waste disposal Science and culture 20th century, late Canada

This paper presents description and interpretation of 20 caribou bone assemblages from Inuit sites on the Kazan River in northern Canada. A diversity of features including caches, disposal areas, and surface scatters, are quantified in order to understand aspects of butchery, transport, and storage of caribou carcasses. Element distributions are compared to four published indices which quantify bone density, food utility, meat drying, and marrow, in order to understand which factors played important roles in decision-making by Inuit in the region. While several factors are identified as having affected these assemblages, by far the most important factor relates to the season during which the caribou were hunted. During warm seasons, the drying of meat dictated relatively complex division of the carcass for processing and storage. During colder seasons, on the other hand, rapid freezing of meat allowed for greater flexibility, which often simply meant that entire articulated carcasses were cached after skinning and gutting.

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Authors & Contributors
Gray, LaGuana
Paul van Reyk
Jensen, Tenna
Thoms, Ulrike
Ownby, Ted
Engelhardt, Elizabeth S D
Journals
Journal of Food Science
Technology and Culture
Social History of Medicine
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
History and Technology
Historical Research: The Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
Publishers
Yale University Press
University of Georgia Press
University of Chicago Press
Rutgers University Press
Rowman & Littlefield
Reaktion Books
Concepts
Food science; food technology
Food and foods
Food preservation
Food industry and trade
Food preparation
Food safety
People
Galen
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
21st century
Ancient
Places
United States
Europe
Scandinavia; Nordic countries
Germany
Australia
Institutions
Smithsonian Institution
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