This article reexamines the binary structural approach proposed by McGhee (1977) in his studies of Thule culture. First, using data generated from the Okvik, Kukulik, and Nukleet assemblages in Alaska, which cover Okvik, Old Bering Sea, Punuk, and Thule cultures over 1,900 years, the paper examines whether the binary structures were encoded in the technology and materials of the Northern Maritime tradition. Second, McGhee’s (1977) archaeological and ethnographic data are reassessed, which does not support the existence of gendered oppositions but rather may relate to spiritual and symbolic relationships between human and nonhuman.

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象牙与鹿角：在史前爱斯基摩文化研究中对二元结构主义的重新评估

本文重新审视了McGhee（1977）在他的Thule文化研究中提出的二元结构方法。首先，利用阿拉斯加的Okvik，Kukulik和Nukleet组合生成的数据，这些数据涵盖了1900多年的Okvik，Old Bering Sea，Punuk和Thule文化，该论文研究了二元结构是否已编码在二元结构的技术和材料中。北方海事传统。其次，重新评估了McGhee（1977）的考古学和人种学数据，该数据不支持性别对立的存在，而可能与人类与非人类之间的精神和象征关系有关。