Polynyas and Prehistoric Settlement Patterns

In traditional Inuit society the availability of game resources must always have been one of the most important criteria for the determination of settlement locations. A number of ecological factors determine the availability of particular game species in the Arctic regions. The presence of open wat...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Schledermann, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
Subjects:
Archaeology
Human geography
Polynyas
Bache Peninsula region
Nunavut
Baffin Bay-Davis Strait
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Arctic Islands waters
Ellesmere Island
Arctic
Bache Peninsula
Baffin Bay
Baffin
Davis Strait
inuit
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65614
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Summary:In traditional Inuit society the availability of game resources must always have been one of the most important criteria for the determination of settlement locations. A number of ecological factors determine the availability of particular game species in the Arctic regions. The presence of open water areas known as polynyas is one of these factors. The relationship between polynya distributions and prehistoric settlement patterns in the High Arctic is explored, with particular reference to the Bache Peninsula region on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, N.W.T.

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