@article {9518,
	title = {Exploring Soilscapes and Places Inside Labrador Inuit Winter Dwellings},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology},
	volume = {35},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {055-085},
	abstract = {<p>Inuit people have interacted with northern Labrador\&rsquo;s landscape in countless ways. This research explored their influence on the element compositions of soils beneath winter dwellings at three settlements. The objectives were to expand the range of element enrichments associated with Inuit dwellings and to consider variations within these enrichments, thereby contributing to reconstructions of how these people used indoor spaces. Six dwellings were sampled using a stratified systematic strategy. Multielement analyses using x-ray fluorescence and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy identified higher concentrations of phosphorus, sulphur, barium, lead, hafnium, caesium, lanthanum, and europium in archaeological samples relative to background samples. These enrichments relate to peoples\&rsquo; use of sea mammal oil as lamp fuel, of baleen in sleeping platform construction, of recycled materials for building, and of European goods. Variations in element concentrations between dwellings indicate that cultural soilscapes have potential for identifying processes of stability and change in the use of interior places.</p>},
	author = {Don Butler}
}
