Palaeoeskimo Occupations at Port Refuge, High Arctic Canada
Palaeoeskimo Occupations at Port Refuge, High Arctic Canada

Author: Robert McGhee

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1979-01-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1772820873

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Port Refuge is a small bay on the south coast of Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, in the High Arctic. Archaeological work between 1972 and 1977 recovered remains of several prehistoric occupations of this area, which are ascribed to the Independence I, Pre-Dorset, Independence II/early Dorset, late Dorset and Thule cultures. This report describes the archaeological material relating to the early Arctic Small Tool tradition occupations.

Dorset Occupations in the Vicinity of Port Refuge, High Arctic Canada
Dorset Occupations in the Vicinity of Port Refuge, High Arctic Canada

Author: Robert McGhee

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1772820997

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Archaeological work between 1972 and 1977 in Port Refuge recovered evidence of several prehistoric occupations of the area, ascribed to Independence I, Pre-Dorset, Independence II/Early Dorset, Late Dorset and Thule cultures. This report describes the findings related to Independence II and Dorset cultures, both on the south coast of Grinnell Peninsula and on adjacent Dundas Island.

Crane Site and the Palaeoeskimo Period in the Western Canadian Arctic
Crane Site and the Palaeoeskimo Period in the Western Canadian Arctic

Author: Raymond Joseph LeBlanc

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1772821403

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A report on the Crane Site (Obkv-I) a Palaeoeskimo component located along the Old Horton River Channel in the interior of the Cape Bathurst Peninsula, about 250 km east-northeast of Tuktoyaktuk. Many of the artifacts show strong affiliation, in a variety of typological categories, with the Lagoon Site on Banks Island, which was influenced by the Norton and Dorset cultures. The detailed similarities, as well as comparable material on Melville Island, provide the basis for the definition of the Lagoon complex, a regional cultural complex that existed during the period of change from the Pre-Dorset to the Dorset phases of the Palaeoeskimo continuum.

Arctic Archaeology
Arctic Archaeology

Author: Peter Rowley-Conwy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 113511871X

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Examining human occupation of the arctic and subarctic zones, irrespective of place and time, this book explores a wide variety of fascinating areas and inhabitants along several points in history. Beautifully illustrated, Arctic Archaeology is essential reading for all those curious about how organisms survived in this life threatening environment.

Encyclopedia of the Arctic
Encyclopedia of the Arctic

Author: Mark Nuttall

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-09-23

Total Pages: 2306

ISBN-13: 1136786805

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With detailed essays on the Arctic's environment, wildlife, climate, history, exploration, resources, economics, politics, indigenous cultures and languages, conservation initiatives and more, this Encyclopedia is the only major work and comprehensive reference on this vast, complex, changing, and increasingly important part of the globe. Including 305 maps. This Encyclopedia is not only an interdisciplinary work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching Arctic issues, but a fascinating and comprehensive resource for residents of the Arctic, and all those concerned with global environmental issues, sustainability, science, and human interactions with the environment.

The Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic
The Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic

Author: T. Max Friesen

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 1001

ISBN-13: 0199766959

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Despite its extreme climate, the North American Arctic holds a complex archaeological record of global significance. In this volume, leading researchers provide comprehensive coverage of the region's cultural history, addressing issues as diverse as climate change impacts on human societies, European colonial expansion, and hunter-gatherer adaptations and social organization.

Threads of Arctic Prehistory
Threads of Arctic Prehistory

Author: David A. Morrison

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1772821411

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This collection of eighteen papers honours the long and productive career of Dr. William E. Taylor, Jr. They deal with a range of topics in Canadian Arctic archaeology from the Mackenzie Delta to Labrador and from the earliest Palaeoeskimo to historical questions such as the origins of the Copper Inuit and the mysterious demise of the Sadlermiut.

Colonisation, Migration, and Marginal Areas
Colonisation, Migration, and Marginal Areas

Author: Mariana Mondini

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2017-01-23

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1785705164

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Human migration tends to involve more than the odd suitcase or two - we often carry other organisms on our travels, some are deliberately transported, others move by accident. This volume of 12 papers offers a zooarchaeological approach to questions surrounding the nature and extent of human colonization and migration, and the adaptation of humans to new and sometimes extreme or challenging environments. The volume is divided into two parts: Part 1 takes up the theme of Human and Animal Migration and Colonisation. Contributors consider the relationship between human movements and the movements of animals and animal products; case studies look at Neolithic population movements in Oceania, the Norse colonization of Greenland, and the European settlement of Virginia. Part 2 focuses on the topic of Behavioural Variability in the So-Called Marginal Areas. Contributors offer various interpretations of the concept of 'marginality', from climatic extremes of the Arctic cold, and the heat and aridity of western North America, to the geographical remoteness of Patagonia, and the cultural circumstances surrounding the beginnings of transhumant pastoralism in prehistoric southeastern Europe.