Archaeoentomological Perspectives on Dorset Occupations in Newfoundland: A Case Study from the Site of Phillip’s Garden (EeBi-1)

The Dorset Paleo-Inuit occupied the island of Newfoundland for over 800 years (1990 BP to 1180 BP), producing a unique and identifiable archaeological record. Despite this, our current understanding of this sea-mammal hunting population is essentially based on past analysis of architecture, artefact...

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description The Dorset Paleo-Inuit occupied the island of Newfoundland for over 800 years (1990 BP to 1180 BP), producing a unique and identifiable archaeological record. Despite this, our current understanding of this sea-mammal hunting population is essentially based on past analysis of architecture, artefacts, and animal remains. While these data show that the Dorset intensively used sites at different locations through the Arctic and Subarctic, very little information is known regarding their impact on their surroundings and the environment. Our research is based on soil samples collected at the site of Phillip’s Garden, which is considered to be one of the most intensely occupied sites within the Dorset culture’s geographic range. Beetles, which are known to be ecological specialists, were used as a proxy in this research in order to document the composition and fluctuation in vegetation, and environmental change through time at the site. The analysis demonstrates that the Dorset communities of Phillip’s Garden harvested trees, and modified the environment and the flora surrounding their settlement more intensively than previously thought. Entre 1990 AA et 1180 AA, l’île de Terre-Neuve a connu une période d’occupation de plus de 800 ans par la culture dorsétienne. Cette occupation, documentée dans les données archéologiques, a laissé des traces uniques et visibles. Malgré cette richesse archéologique laissée par les Dorsétiens, notre compréhension de cette culture axée sur la chasse aux mammifères marins est principalement basée sur les données architecturales, artéfactuelles et zooarchéologiques. Ces données ont permis de démontrer que la culture dorsétienne a occupé de façon très intensive plusieurs sites localisés dans l’Arctique et le Subarctique. Cependant, peu d’informations sont fournies par ces données quant à l’impact de cette culture sur son environnement et ses lieux d’occupation. Les données utilisées au cours de notre recherche ont été récupérées dans des échantillons de sols ayant été prélevés sur le ...
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/67698 2025-06-15T14:14:15+00:00 Archaeoentomological Perspectives on Dorset Occupations in Newfoundland: A Case Study from the Site of Phillip’s Garden (EeBi-1) Dussault, Frédéric Bell, Trevor J. Grimes, Vaughan 2017-07-18 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67698 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67698/51594 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67698 Copyright (c) 2016 ARCTIC ARCTIC; Vol. 69 No. 5 (2016): Supplement 1; 1-15 1923-1245 0004-0843 archaeoentomology Dorset Newfoundland land-use landscape economy hunter-gatherer archéoentomologie Terre-Neuve utilisation du territoire paysage économie chasseurs-cueilleurs info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2017 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z The Dorset Paleo-Inuit occupied the island of Newfoundland for over 800 years (1990 BP to 1180 BP), producing a unique and identifiable archaeological record. Despite this, our current understanding of this sea-mammal hunting population is essentially based on past analysis of architecture, artefacts, and animal remains. While these data show that the Dorset intensively used sites at different locations through the Arctic and Subarctic, very little information is known regarding their impact on their surroundings and the environment. Our research is based on soil samples collected at the site of Phillip’s Garden, which is considered to be one of the most intensely occupied sites within the Dorset culture’s geographic range. Beetles, which are known to be ecological specialists, were used as a proxy in this research in order to document the composition and fluctuation in vegetation, and environmental change through time at the site. The analysis demonstrates that the Dorset communities of Phillip’s Garden harvested trees, and modified the environment and the flora surrounding their settlement more intensively than previously thought. Entre 1990 AA et 1180 AA, l’île de Terre-Neuve a connu une période d’occupation de plus de 800 ans par la culture dorsétienne. Cette occupation, documentée dans les données archéologiques, a laissé des traces uniques et visibles. Malgré cette richesse archéologique laissée par les Dorsétiens, notre compréhension de cette culture axée sur la chasse aux mammifères marins est principalement basée sur les données architecturales, artéfactuelles et zooarchéologiques. Ces données ont permis de démontrer que la culture dorsétienne a occupé de façon très intensive plusieurs sites localisés dans l’Arctique et le Subarctique. Cependant, peu d’informations sont fournies par ces données quant à l’impact de cette culture sur son environnement et ses lieux d’occupation. Les données utilisées au cours de notre recherche ont été récupérées dans des échantillons de sols ayant été prélevés sur le ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic inuit Newfoundland Subarctic subarctique* Terre-Neuve Unknown Arctic ARCTIC 69 5 1
spellingShingle archaeoentomology
Dorset
Newfoundland
land-use
landscape
economy
hunter-gatherer
archéoentomologie
Terre-Neuve
utilisation du territoire
paysage
économie
chasseurs-cueilleurs
Dussault, Frédéric
Bell, Trevor J.
Grimes, Vaughan
Archaeoentomological Perspectives on Dorset Occupations in Newfoundland: A Case Study from the Site of Phillip’s Garden (EeBi-1)
title Archaeoentomological Perspectives on Dorset Occupations in Newfoundland: A Case Study from the Site of Phillip’s Garden (EeBi-1)
title_full Archaeoentomological Perspectives on Dorset Occupations in Newfoundland: A Case Study from the Site of Phillip’s Garden (EeBi-1)
title_fullStr Archaeoentomological Perspectives on Dorset Occupations in Newfoundland: A Case Study from the Site of Phillip’s Garden (EeBi-1)
title_full_unstemmed Archaeoentomological Perspectives on Dorset Occupations in Newfoundland: A Case Study from the Site of Phillip’s Garden (EeBi-1)
title_short Archaeoentomological Perspectives on Dorset Occupations in Newfoundland: A Case Study from the Site of Phillip’s Garden (EeBi-1)
title_sort archaeoentomological perspectives on dorset occupations in newfoundland: a case study from the site of phillip’s garden (eebi-1)
topic archaeoentomology
Dorset
Newfoundland
land-use
landscape
economy
hunter-gatherer
archéoentomologie
Terre-Neuve
utilisation du territoire
paysage
économie
chasseurs-cueilleurs
topic_facet archaeoentomology
Dorset
Newfoundland
land-use
landscape
economy
hunter-gatherer
archéoentomologie
Terre-Neuve
utilisation du territoire
paysage
économie
chasseurs-cueilleurs
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