Contact between the Norse Vikings and the Dorset culture in Arctic Canada

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 315, 2008, Pages 189-198

  Park, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Dorset culture; Figurative art; Inuit; Norse; Textiles; Thule; Viking

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949095391     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0009654X     Document Type: Article

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