Dorset Site Variation on the Southeast Coast of Baffin Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Maxwell, Moreau S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
• Subjects: Artifacts; Dorset culture; Human geography; Inuit; Inuit archaeology; Seasonal variations; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Lake Harbour; Arctic; Baffin; inuit; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65632

The wide variation in Dorset residence structures may indicate seasonal site differences greater than a simple summer/winter dichotomy. This is further suggested by a comparison of selected stone tool frequencies from Dorset sites near Lake Harbour, N.W.T. Here manufacturing activities appear to differ from spring to summer to winter. The evidence also suggests that in this region Late Dorset winter settlements were located on the fast sea ice.