Archaeological Investigations at the Ikirahak Site Raise Questions Concerning Taltheilei Land Use in Southern Nunavut

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Butler, Don H., Pickering, Sean J., Dawson, Peter C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2019
• Subjects: Hudson; Hudson Bay; Maguse Lake; Nunavut; Arctic; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic69516; https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/69516/53746

We report a new Taltheilei site-type found off the west coast of Hudson Bay in southern Nunavut. The Taltheilei is an archaeological culture that existed in the Barrenlands of the central Canadian Subarctic between 2600 and 300 years ago. Their land use strategies were tethered to the seasonal migra...