Palaeoeskimo site burial by solifluction: Periglacial geoarchaeology of the tayara site (KbFk‐7), Qikirtaq Island, Nunavik (Canada)
Abstract The geoarchaeological study of the Palaeoeskimo Tayara site on Qikirtaq Island (Nunavik) has led to a better understanding of archaeological site formation in the arctic periglacial environment. The surrounding geomorphology (extra‐site) is characterized by fine‐grained, low plastic and lea...
Published in: | Geoarchaeology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2008
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.20217 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fgea.20217 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/gea.20217 |