Paleoeskimo Demography and Holocene Sea-level History, Gulf of Boothia, Arctic Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dyke, Arthur S., Savelle, James M., Johnson, Donald S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2011
• Subjects: archaeology; Paleoeskimo; Pre-Dorset; Dorset; Holocene; sea-level history; paleodemography; dwellings; radiocarbon dates; bowhead whales; driftwood; archéologie; paléoesquimau; pré-Dorset; Holocène; historique du niveau de la mer; paléodémographie; habitations; datation par le carbone 14; baleines boréales; bois flotté; Arctic; Canada; Gulf of Boothia; bowhead whale; Climate change
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67144

Surveys in six areas along the Gulf of Boothia produced large collections of radiocarbon samples from raised beaches that yield six new relative sea-level curves and information on Holocene bowhead whale ranges. In addition, on the lower beaches, we documented 482 Paleoeskimo dwelling features spann...