Paleoeskimo demography and sea-level history, kent peninsula and king william island, central northwest passage, Arctic Canada

Arctic

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-392

  Dyke, Arthur S ^a,b   Savelle, James M ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Dorset; Dwellings; Paleodemography; Paleoeskimo; Pre dorset; Radiocarbon; Sea level history

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CANADA; KENT PENINSULA; KING WILLIAM ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

EID: 75749156636     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic169     Document Type: Article

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