Preliminary Results of Archaeological Investigations in the Bache Peninsula Region, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T.

. The preliminary results pertaining to the various cultural stages of the Arctic Small Tool Tradition are presented with special emphasis on 1) the earliest appearance of the A.S.T. tradition, 2) pre-Dorset and transitional pre-Dorset/Dorset developments, and 3) the Late Dorset culture stage. The T...

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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 1978
Subjects:
Arctic Small Tool tradition
Artifacts
Dorset culture
Inuit
Inuit archaeology
Old Nagdlit culture
Pre-Dorset culture
Thule culture
Norse
Bache Peninsula region
Nunavut
Ellesmere Island
Arctic
Bache Peninsula
arctic small tool tradition
inuit
Nugdlit
Pre-Dorset culture
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65725
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Summary:. The preliminary results pertaining to the various cultural stages of the Arctic Small Tool Tradition are presented with special emphasis on 1) the earliest appearance of the A.S.T. tradition, 2) pre-Dorset and transitional pre-Dorset/Dorset developments, and 3) the Late Dorset culture stage. The Thule culture continuum is discussed with particular reference to the earliest stages - 1) Nugdlit, and 2) Ruin Island, with its associated Norse cultural elements.

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