Palaeo-Eskimo chrono-cultural characterization and evolution in the Foxe Basin (Canada) : Typological and technological study of the osseous industries

• Main Author: Houmard, Claire
• Other Authors: Paris 10, Université Laval (Québec, Canada), Roux, Valentine, Woollett, James
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Paléoesquimau; Arctique; Technologie; Industrie osseuse; Canada; Palaeo-Eskimo culture; Arctic; Technology; Osseous industry; archeo; geo; Foxe Basin; Igloolik; Munk; Nunavik; Parry; Arctique*; Dorsétien; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://www.theses.fr/2011PA100074

The studied ivory, bone and antler artifacts from the Canadian Arctic, only correspond to harpoon heads that served to build the Palaeo-Eskimo chronology (~ 4000-500 B.P.). To ascertain the chronological subdivision between the Pre-Dorset and Dorset cultures a typological study associated with a tec...