Soil Nutrients and Vegetation Characteristics of a Dorset/Thule Site in the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Derry, Alison M., Kevan, Peter G., Rowley, Susan D.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1999
• Subjects: anthropogenic disturbance; archaeological site; Arctic; Igloolik; nutrients; soil; vegetation; perturbation anthropogenique; site archaeologique; Arctique; sol; nutriments; Nunavut; Arctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63979

We conducted a systematic study of soils and vegetation present at Arnaqquaksaat on Igloolik Island, Nunavut, a site occupied by Dorset and Thule people prior to 1823 and probably for over a thousand years. We compared this site to an area affected by ongoing mammal and bird activity and an area of...