Tayara site (KbFk-7) and the Dorset period: Multidisciplinary research on a key Palaeoeskimo site of the Hudson Strait (Nunavik, Canada);Tayara (KbFk-7) et le Dorsétien : recherche pluridisciplinaire sur un site-clé du Paléoesquimau du détroit d'Hudson (Nunavik, Canada)

Anthropologie

Volumn 112, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 757-779

  Desrosiers, Pierre M ^a   Gendron, Daniel ^a   Todisco, Dominique ^b   Monchot, Hervé ^c   Rahmani, Noura ^a   Bhiry, Najat ^b   Houmard, Claire ^d,e  

^a Avataq Cultural Institute   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Dorset; Faunal analysis; Geoarchaeology; Ivory and bone technology; Lithic technology; Palaeoeskimo; Radiometric dates; Stratigraphical revision

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FAUNA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; HUDSON STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 56949083351     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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