Polynyas and Prehistoric Settlement Patterns

• 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; Baffin Bay; Bache Peninsula; Baffin; Davis Strait; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65614

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...