Qajartalik
Alternative name | JhEv-1[2] |
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Location | Qikertaaluk Island, Nunavut, Canada |
Coordinates | 61°19′53.6664″N 71°29′58.7184″W / 61.331574000°N 71.499644000°W[1] |
Type | Petroglyph |
History | |
Cultures | Dorset culture |
Qajartalik (
Site
The site is located 50 metres from the shoreline and is 15 metres above sea level.
Most of the petroglyphs depict human faces, but some represent animal faces.[7] Additionally, some of the petroglyph faces appear to have both human and animal features.[7] Some surfaces at the site only have a single engraving, while many others have groups of ten or more faces, not necessarily having a consistent orientation relative to one another.[7] The faces range in size from 2-3 centimetres to more than 70 centimetres.[7] The smaller engraving were made by incision with sharp-edge tools, and the larger engraving were made by pecking and grooving using hammerstones.[7]
Known for decades to the local Inuit population, the site was first documented by anthropologist Bernard Saladin D’Anglure in the 1960s, who learned of the site from Inuit hunters who would camp at Qikertaaluk Island.[7] He initially identified 95 carvings at the site.[8] Through casts he made of some of the carvings, he was able to identify them as being Dorset in origin.[8] The site was visited and studied sporadically by archaeologists in the following years.[8] In 1996, Avataq Cultural Institute did an extensive inventory of the site.[8]
Preservation
Since 1996, the Avataq Cultural Institute has been working to study and develop the site as well as plan for its protection.[2] In 2006, it was discovered that some vandalism had been committed at the site, likely in the spring of that year.[9] This event spurred calls for additional protection of the site.[9]
On December 20, 2017,
External links
- Qikertaaluk Island travel guide from Wikivoyage
References
- ^ a b "Qajartalik". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Protection and development of the Qajartalik petroglyph site (JhEv-1)". Avataq Cultural Institute. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "World heritage sites in Canada - Canada's Tentative List - Qajartalik, Nunavik". Parks Canada. Government of Canada. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Dorset culture". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "World heritage sites in Canada - Canada's Tentative List". Parks Canada. Government of Canada. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Canada puts forward 8 UNESCO recommendations". CBC News. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ ISSN 0716-1530. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "QAJARTALIK". Images on Stone: Rock Art in Canada. Musée de la civilisation. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Ancient Arctic rock carvings need protection, experts say". CBC News. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ Gilmore, Rachel (20 December 2017). "Feds announce Canada's tentative picks for UNESCO heritage list". Retrieved 9 June 2018.