The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House

Authors

  • Charles D. Arnold
  • Elisa J. Hart

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1393

Keywords:

Archaeology, Design and construction, Heating, Houses, Insulating materials, Mackenzie Eskimos, Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T.

Abstract

The Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta area who called themselves "Siglit", built winter homes not out of snow, but of driftwood, and in villages which they occupied annually. This article discusses the earliest historical record of Siglit architecture and building techniques including ventilation and insulation.

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Published

1992-01-01

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 2 (1992): June: 105–210

Section

Arctic Profiles