Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut
Change in sea levels, be they isostatic or eustatic, impact humans and the paleogeography they inhabit. In this paper we examine paleogeography at Iqaluktuuq, a section of the Ekalluk River, Victoria Island, Nunavut, between Tahiryuaq (Ferguson Lake) and Wellington Bay. The area’s isostatic rebound...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2076-3263/12/12/440/ 2023-08-20T04:04:09+02:00 Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut Julie M. Ross T. Max Friesen agris 2022-11-29 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12120440 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12120440 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Geosciences; Volume 12; Issue 12; Pages: 440 sea level nunavut archaeology arctic settlement patterns Dorset Thule Inuit human-environment relationship environmental archaeology Text 2022 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12120440 2023-08-01T07:34:25Z Change in sea levels, be they isostatic or eustatic, impact humans and the paleogeography they inhabit. In this paper we examine paleogeography at Iqaluktuuq, a section of the Ekalluk River, Victoria Island, Nunavut, between Tahiryuaq (Ferguson Lake) and Wellington Bay. The area’s isostatic rebound impacted the Ekalluk River’s development and the use of the area by two essential subsistence resources, Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus). This, in turn, impacted the choices of Pre-Dorset, Middle and Late Dorset, and Thule/Inuit people regarding site locations. A new relative sea-level curve developed using calibrated radiocarbon dates on marine shells and terrestrial material from archaeological sites is produced for Iqaluktuuq. Based on the data, large scale (1:50,000) paleogeography maps are presented for the period of human occupation of Iqaluktuuq, 3100 calibrated years Before Present (B.P. cal) to present, revealing how paleogeography impacts people’s settlement choices. Text Arctic inuit Nunavut Rangifer tarandus Salvelinus alpinus Victoria Island Wellington Bay MDPI Open Access Publishing Arctic Ekalluk River ENVELOPE(-106.296,-106.296,69.404,69.404) Ferguson ENVELOPE(-168.583,-168.583,-84.933,-84.933) Nunavut Wellington Bay ENVELOPE(-106.586,-106.586,69.334,69.334) Geosciences 12 12 440 |
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Change in sea levels, be they isostatic or eustatic, impact humans and the paleogeography they inhabit. In this paper we examine paleogeography at Iqaluktuuq, a section of the Ekalluk River, Victoria Island, Nunavut, between Tahiryuaq (Ferguson Lake) and Wellington Bay. The area’s isostatic rebound impacted the Ekalluk River’s development and the use of the area by two essential subsistence resources, Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus). This, in turn, impacted the choices of Pre-Dorset, Middle and Late Dorset, and Thule/Inuit people regarding site locations. A new relative sea-level curve developed using calibrated radiocarbon dates on marine shells and terrestrial material from archaeological sites is produced for Iqaluktuuq. Based on the data, large scale (1:50,000) paleogeography maps are presented for the period of human occupation of Iqaluktuuq, 3100 calibrated years Before Present (B.P. cal) to present, revealing how paleogeography impacts people’s settlement choices. |
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Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut |
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