Contact between the Norse Vikings and the Dorset culture in Arctic Canada

Instances of cultural interaction between Norse and native American have long been accepted. But current archaeological research recognises that the indigenous peoples of the north were themselves diverse and had diverse histories. Here the author shows that the culture of one of them, the Dorset pe...

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Published in:Antiquity
Main Author: Park, Robert W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
Subjects:
General Arts and Humanities
Archeology
Arctic
Canada
Dorset culture
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009654x
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0003598x0009654x 2024-04-07T07:49:55+00:00 Contact between the Norse Vikings and the Dorset culture in Arctic Canada Park, Robert W. 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009654x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X0009654X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antiquity volume 82, issue 315, page 189-198 ISSN 0003-598X 1745-1744 General Arts and Humanities Archeology journal-article 2008 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009654x 2024-03-08T00:35:48Z Instances of cultural interaction between Norse and native American have long been accepted. But current archaeological research recognises that the indigenous peoples of the north were themselves diverse and had diverse histories. Here the author shows that the culture of one of them, the Dorset people, owed nothing to the Norse and probably had no contact with them. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Dorset culture Cambridge University Press Arctic Canada Antiquity 82 315 189 198
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