Discovery of the Skull of a Grizzly Bear in Labrador

The skull of a small, young adult grizzly bear was discovered in the course of archaeological excavation of an early historic Eskimo house in northern Labrador. This discovery confirms the rumoured presence of Ursus arctos in Labrador in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is suggested that...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Spiess, Arthur, Cox, Steven
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1976
Subjects:
Archaeology
Grizzly bears
Labrador
Northern
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Arctic
eskimo*
Ursus arctos
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65856
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Summary:The skull of a small, young adult grizzly bear was discovered in the course of archaeological excavation of an early historic Eskimo house in northern Labrador. This discovery confirms the rumoured presence of Ursus arctos in Labrador in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is suggested that the Labrador grizzly represents an eastward extension of the barren-ground grizzly population across the mouth of Hudson Bay.

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