Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology
Holocene driftwood is found on postglacial raised beaches of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island. The highest driftwood appears on the 12- to 13-m beach, which formed about 4000 yr B.P., and is common on beaches 12–6 m in elevation. The earliest Paleoeskimo dwelling features also occur on the 12- t...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1006/qres.2000.2141 2024-06-23T07:48:51+00:00 Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology Dyke, Arthur S. Savelle, James M. 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.2000.2141 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589400921410?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589400921410?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400026181 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 54, issue 1, page 113-120 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 2000 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.2000.2141 2024-06-12T04:03:33Z Holocene driftwood is found on postglacial raised beaches of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island. The highest driftwood appears on the 12- to 13-m beach, which formed about 4000 yr B.P., and is common on beaches 12–6 m in elevation. The earliest Paleoeskimo dwelling features also occur on the 12- to 13-m beach. Wood increases on the 5- to 6-m beach, which formed about 2000 yr B.P., and is abundant below that level. Thus, zonation of wood suggests the following hypotheses: (1) that the coastal Mackenzie Current, the source of modern driftwood, did not operate before 4000 yr B.P. and lacked its present vigor or persistence until 2000 yr B.P.; and (2) that the apparent sudden influx of driftwood at 4000 yr B.P. may have provided a fuel resource and (or) may have been related to conditions that enabled first peopling. Radiocarbon ages indicate that (1) the first wood arrived about 4700 yr B.P.; (2) little wood arrived from 4700–2000 yr B.P.; and (3) influx of wood was episodic after 2000 yr B.P. Much of the wood that arrived after 1100 yr B.P. was redistributed by people and scattered on higher beaches. Explanation of the evident correlation between highest wood and highest dwelling features must await archaeological studies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archipelago Arctic Canadian Arctic Archipelago Victoria Island Cambridge University Press Arctic Canadian Arctic Archipelago Wollaston ENVELOPE(-60.790,-60.790,-63.668,-63.668) Quaternary Research 54 1 113 120 |
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Holocene driftwood is found on postglacial raised beaches of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island. The highest driftwood appears on the 12- to 13-m beach, which formed about 4000 yr B.P., and is common on beaches 12–6 m in elevation. The earliest Paleoeskimo dwelling features also occur on the 12- to 13-m beach. Wood increases on the 5- to 6-m beach, which formed about 2000 yr B.P., and is abundant below that level. Thus, zonation of wood suggests the following hypotheses: (1) that the coastal Mackenzie Current, the source of modern driftwood, did not operate before 4000 yr B.P. and lacked its present vigor or persistence until 2000 yr B.P.; and (2) that the apparent sudden influx of driftwood at 4000 yr B.P. may have provided a fuel resource and (or) may have been related to conditions that enabled first peopling. Radiocarbon ages indicate that (1) the first wood arrived about 4700 yr B.P.; (2) little wood arrived from 4700–2000 yr B.P.; and (3) influx of wood was episodic after 2000 yr B.P. Much of the wood that arrived after 1100 yr B.P. was redistributed by people and scattered on higher beaches. Explanation of the evident correlation between highest wood and highest dwelling features must await archaeological studies. |
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Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology |
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Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology |
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Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology |
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Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology |
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Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology |
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holocene driftwood incursion to southwestern victoria island, canadian arctic archipelago, and its significance to paleoceanography and archaeology |
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