Paleoeskimo demography and holocene sea-level history, Gulf of Boothia, arctic Canada

Arctic

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-168

  Dyke, Arthur S ^a,b   Savelle, James M ^c   Johnson, Donald S ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Bowhead whales; Dorset; Driftwood; Dwellings; Holocene; Paleodemography; Paleoeskimo; Pre Dorset; Radiocarbon dates; Sea level history

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FOSSIL RECORD; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HOLOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESOURCE USE; SEA LEVEL; WHALE;

CANADA; GULF OF BOOTHIA; NUNAVUT;

BALAENIDAE;

EID: 79958078906     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4096     Document Type: Article

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