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Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill : a phonics reader
Jack and Jill enjoy sledding until their dog gets tired.
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Approaching the Past through Practice: Reconstruction of a Historical Greenlandic Dog Sled
Since the emergence of the Thule culture (AD 1200), dog sledding has been perceived as a central means of transportation in traditional Inuit life in the Arctic. However, there is an absence of research concerning Inuit dog-sled technology and the tradition of the craft. This study investigates the Inuit dog-sled technocomplex using enskilment methodologiesby employing experimental and ethno-archaeological observations to explore the relationship between knowledge and technical practice. It involves the reconstruction of a historical West Greenlandic dog sled, shedding light on carpentry techniques and construction processes. This method emphasizes the interaction between humans, technology, and time, providing essential practical data for future archaeological and historical research, particularly for comprehending fragmented archaeological remains. By focusing on process rather than end product, this research provides insight into understanding Inuit dog sled technology and the complexity of the practice. The connection between artifacts and materially situated practice is demonstrated through the reconstruction of a dog sled, which illustrates the value of physicality in enskilment. It highlights how experimental archaeology can improve our insights into the historical and prehistoric Arctic societies’ technologies, economies, and practices.
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Of Skin and Bones
During a British expedition to the Arctic headed by John Ross in 1818, a dogsled made of bones was procured from the Inughuit people in Northwest Greenland, hitherto unknown to Europeans. We present a contextual and technological analysis of this, the oldest known dogsled from the Arctic still intact. Our work leads to discovery of a hidden artefact, a dog whip mounted on the sled. This study highlights that the bone sled reflects a historic period of the early nineteenth century, during which the Inughuit were isolated. We conclude that the dogsled technocomplex (an integrated system of technological components and processes) both demonstrates the opportunistic ingenuity of the Inughuit and has shaped important aspects of the society through time.
Durant une expédition britannique dans l’Arctique dirigée par John Ross en 1818, un traîneau à chiens fabriqué en os a été obtenu auprès des Inughuits du nord-ouest du Groenland, jusqu’alors inconnus des Européens. Nous présentons une analyse contextuelle et technologique du plus ancien traîneau à chiens toujours intact en provenance de l’Arctique connu à ce jour. Notre travail a mené à la découverte d’un artefact caché, soit un fouet à chien fixé au traîneau. Cette étude met l’accent sur le fait que ce traîneau en os reflète une période historique du début du XIXͤ siècle pendant laquelle les Inughuits étaient isolés. Nous concluons que le technocomplexe du traîneau à chiens (un système intégré de composants et de processus technologiques) démontre à la fois l’ingéniosité opportuniste des Inughuits et la façon dont il a façonné d’importants aspects de la société au fil du temps.
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Bears in the snow
The little bears are ready to play in the snow. But, uh-oh, their sled is too small! It's not as fun sledding when they can only go two at a time. What can they use to carry them all? Luckily, Big Brown Bear has an idea.
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Musher
Musher is a film about the lives of four sled dog racers (mushers) and their dogs. What it means to be a musher, and what it takes to be a sled dog, is revealed over the course of a year as they all wait out summer so they can train for the coming winter’s races. The film also explores the role of women in the sport, as dog mushing is one of just a few sports where men and women compete together.
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Max and Marla
\"Max and Marla are best friends. And aspiring Olympians! With their eyes on the prize, they know exactly what it'll take to reach sledding success: preparation, practice and perseverance\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Weekends with Yankee. Episode 8, Winter scenes
Richard Wiese meets Registered Maine Guide Polly Mahoney for a dogsled ride and a cozy lunch by the campfire. Amy Traverso and food writer David Leite, founder of website Leite's Culinaria, discuss his Portuguese upbringing and make cataplana stew with clams and sausage. And in Maine, explore an increasingly popular part of the state's winter outdoor scene fat-tire biking.
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The secret of Ferrell Savage
Just as twelve-year-old Ferrell Savage is beginning to think of Mary Vittles, his life-long friend, as a potential girlfriend, a new boy at school blackmails them with a family secret--that one of Ferrell's ancestors ate one of Mary's.
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Celebration as a source of power in archaic states: archaeological and historical evidence for the Makahiki festival in the Hawaiian Islands
Large celebrations in ancient societies, when viewed through the lens of political economy theory, were opportunities for economic redistribution, elite rivalry and social integration. Metrics to evaluate celebratory behaviour - such as festive gatherings, offerings at temples and shrines, games and memorials - remain underdeveloped. Here the author examines the archaeological and historical evidence for the Makahiki festival in the Hawaiian Islands. He takes a direct historical approach combining independent datasets to classify settings of celebrations and evaluate claims that the Makahiki festival originated, and was most elaborate, on Hawai'i Island, as well as that the festival was practised differently across the archipelago. The author finds that the relevant data collected over more than a century of archaeology are not sufficient to support these claims and that the distribution of tracks for the sledding sport (hōlua) might be a fruitful avenue for future research, especially when investigating elite rivalry. More speculatively, the author argues that it is possible to decipher choices in architectural design and location at royal centres that speak to attempts by the elite to artificially increase the density of crowds at low turn-out events while at the same time leaving enough room to accommodate high turn-out events.
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