Sealing, whaling and caribou: the skeletal isotope chemistry of Eastern Arctic foragers

• Main Authors: Joan Brenner Coltraina, M. Geoffrey Hayesb, Dennis H. O’rourkea
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Stable carbon isotope ratio (13C; Stable nitrogen isotope ratio (15N; Marine reservoir effect; Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus; Dorset; Thule; Sadlermiut; Kamarvik; Silumuit; Southampton Island; Arctic; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.555.8116; http://www.anthro.utah.edu/PDFs/jaseasternarctic.pdf

We obtained stable isotope signatures (13C, 15N) and AMS radiocarbon dates for a small set of Dorset remains, Thule-era burials from northwest Hudson Bay and proto-historic burials from Southampton Island to assess the importance of whaling in eastern Canadian Arctic economies. Classic Thule occupat...