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Archaeologists Investigate an Early Whaling Community
For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologist, William Fitzhugh, has been......![Right Whale Dorsal Fluke Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/1705_dorsal_flukes_22Aug1994-Chris_Slay_0_1.jpg.webp?itok=9WlTowx-)
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A Tale of a Right Whale
Suspended at the center of the Sant Ocean Hall is a life-size model of a North......![a dead whale sits ashore with other dead whales and wood buildings in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/7031538315_af1da48c5d_o.jpg.webp?itok=Giefdo9p)
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Whaling in South Georgia
Blue whale at the Grytviken whaling station in South Georgia, 1914-1917. ......![a seven inch fragment of an Inuit soapstone pot recovered at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Fig_9_-_Inuit_occupation_evidence_Soapstone_pot_fragment.jpg.webp?itok=In9fs1Qu)
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Inuit Soapstone Pot
For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologists have been investigating an......![A point made of Ramah Chert that belonged to the early Eskimo group known as the Groswater Dorset Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Fig_8_-__Dorset_point_made_of_Ramah_Chert_found_in_2006.JPG.webp?itok=nxSUDjFU)
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Early Eskimo Point
About 2,500 years ago cold climate brought the first Inuit peoples into the Gulf...![A researcher holds a maritime archaic point made of ramah chert that was found at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Fig_7_-_Lauren_Marr_holds_a_Maritime_Archaic_Point_made_of_Ramah_Chert_found_in_2011.JPG.webp?itok=Sy0T8Qqb)
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Ancient Maritime Archaic Indian Point
Smithsonian surveys along the lower north shore of Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada......![A diagram of the different soil layers located at Hare Harbor, Quebec in 2008. Wood chips were located at the deepest layer, then whale bone, then codfish bones.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Fig_6_-_2008_underwater_archaeological_stratigraphy.jpg.webp?itok=-GDhXhAU)
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Underwater Archaeological Stratigraphy
An underwater archaeological stratigraphy reveals the different levels of soil in......![Map depicting the archaeological excavation site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2009](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Fig_4_-_Site_Map.jpg.webp?itok=0Arlvuyj)
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Archaeological Site Map of Hare Harbor
The Arctic Studies Center's excavation site map of Hare Harbor maps some of the......![A fragment of European ballamine ceramic that was excavated at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Fig_3_-_European_Ballamine_Ceramic_fragment_found_during_2011_excavations.JPG.webp?itok=YBlUXVkU)
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Fragment of a European Bellarmine Jug
A 2011 excavation led by the Arctic Studies Center uncovered this fragment of......![The excavation site of an Inuit home in Hare Harbor, Quebec, Canada](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Fig_2_-_Inuit_house_excavated_during_the_2010_field_season.jpg.webp?itok=JYFAnPx0)
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Excavation of an Inuit House
Excavations between 2002 through 2011 at Hare Harbor have shown that this site was......![A map of the early European whaling site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Fig_1_-_Overview_Map.jpg.webp?itok=qSY4typn)
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