Palaeoecological Implications of Archaeological Seal Bone Assemblages: Case Studies from Labrador and Baffin Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Woollett, James E., Henshaw, Anne S., Wake, Cameron P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
• Subjects: bearded seals; Frobisher Bay; Hamilton Inlet; harbour seals; indicator species; palaeoecology; Penny Ice Cap; polynyas; ringed seals; sea ice; zooarchaeology; phoque barbu; baie Frobisher; phoque commun; espèce indicatrice; paléoécologie; calotte glaciaire Penny; polynie; phoque annelé; glace marine; zooarchéologie; Arctic; Baffin Island; Barbu; Morse; Phoques; Baffin; bearded seal; Erignathus barbatus; Groenland; harbour seal; Harp Seal; Ice cap; inuit; inuits; Odobenus rosmarus; Phoca groenlandica; Phoca hispida; Phoca vitulina; Phoque barbu; Phoque du Groenland; ringed seal; Sea ice; Thulé; morse; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63927

In recent years, increasing scientific attention has been paid to sea mammals as biological indicators of Arctic environmental change. The usefulness of animals such as ringed seal (Phoca hispida), harp seal (Phoca groenlandica), bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), and harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)...