Preliminary Geomorphological Study of a Newly Discovered Dorset Culture Site on Melville Island, N.W.T.

Describes a prehistoric dwelling found at McCormick Inlet in 1962. Location of the site at 1.75 m above high water and its age, estimated at 1150-1740 yr from radiocarbon dating of moss, indicate negligible land emergence during the last one and a half millennia. Prehistoric sites recorded by other...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Henoch, W.E.S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1964
Subjects:
Energy budgets
Heat transmission
Movement
Ocean currents
Sea ice
Temporal variations
Winds
East Greenland Current
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Greenland
McCormick
McCormick Inlet
Dorset culture
East Greenland
east greenland current
Melville Island
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66544
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Summary:Describes a prehistoric dwelling found at McCormick Inlet in 1962. Location of the site at 1.75 m above high water and its age, estimated at 1150-1740 yr from radiocarbon dating of moss, indicate negligible land emergence during the last one and a half millennia. Prehistoric sites recorded by other explorers on the island are also noted and mapped.

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