Polynyas and ice edge habitats in cultural context: Archaeological perspectives from southeast Baffin Island

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Henshaw, Anne ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age determination; Baffin Island; Historic Inuit; Incremental analysis; Paleoclimate; Phoca hispida; Polynyas; Sea ice; Seasonality; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 0037985671     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic597     Document Type: Review

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