Aspects of Thule Culture Adaptations in Southern Baffin Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Sabo III, George, Jacobs, John D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
• Subjects: Archaeology; Human geography; Palaeoecology; Subsistence; Thule culture; Middens (Archaeology); Baffin Island; Nunavut; Lake Harbour region; Lake Harbour; Arctic; Baffin; eskimo*; inuit; ringed seal
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65631

An archaeological sequence of Neo-Eskimo occupations, based upon excavations of eight Thule winter houses near Lake Harbour, Baffin Island, is outlined, beginning around A.D. 1100 and extending into the present century. Relationships between past climatic events, local environmental characteristics,...