ARCTIC Dorset Settlement and Subsistence in Northern Labrador
ABSTRACT. Archaeological surveys in northern Labrador have supplemented previous evidence from the central coast concerning the Dorset subsistence-settlement system. The evidence suggests a flexible Dorset economic base capable of exploiting a wide variety of environments; but lacking full developme...
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| Summary: | ABSTRACT. Archaeological surveys in northern Labrador have supplemented previous evidence from the central coast concerning the Dorset subsistence-settlement system. The evidence suggests a flexible Dorset economic base capable of exploiting a wide variety of environments; but lacking full development of certain food procurement systems that would later become important in Thule culture. In particular, site location and faunal analysis indicate that breathing hole sealing was not strongly developed by the Dorset, and that winter and spring settlement was oriented toward ice edge seal and walrus hunting. RÉSUMÉ. Les releves archeologiques dans le Labrador Septentrional ont confirm6 les preuves Bvidentes anterieures d’un s y s t h e de colonisation de subsistence, à I’Cpoque Dorset, sur la côte du Labrador Central. II parait evident, qu’à I’bpoque Dorset, la base de I’economie etait assez souple pour exploiter une grande variete d’environnements mais sans atteindre un plein développement des moyens de se procurer certaine nourriture comme cela arrivera plus tard dans la civilisation de Thule. En particulier, l’emplacement des sites et les analyses faunistiques indiquent que la chasse au phoque aux trous de respiration, n’&ait pas pratiquee à I’epoque Dorset; les colonies d’hiver et de printemps etaient plutôt fixtes en vue d’une chasse au phoque et au morse àla limite de la banquise. |
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