Oakes Bay 1: A preliminary reconstruction of a Labrador Inuit seal hunting economy in the context of climate change

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-259

  Woollett, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age of death studies; Climate change impacts; Labrador inuit; Oakes bay 1; Seasonality; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HUNTING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; PINNIPED; SEASONALITY; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SUBSISTENCE;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NAIN; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 78650900287     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2010.10669510     Document Type: Article

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