Paleoeskimo demography on western Victoria Island, arctic Canada: Implications for social organization and longhouse development

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-181

  Savelle, James M ^a   Dyke, Arthur S ^b,c   Whitridge, Peter J ^c   Poupart, Melanie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demography; Dorset; Hearth row; Longhouse; Paleoeskimo; Pre dorset; Settlement patterns; Thule

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CULTURAL TRADITION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA ICE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SNOW; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ARCTIC; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; GREENLAND; THULE; VANCOUVER ISLAND; VICTORIA [VANCOUVER ISLAND];

EID: 84863769130     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4198     Document Type: Article

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