An examination of the Pre-Dorset caribou hunters from the deep interior of Southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

An examination of the Pre-Dorset caribou hunters from the deep interior of Southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

The faunal remains from four archaeological sites on the northwest shore of Mingo Lake, in the interior of Southern Baffin Island, are examined in this thesis. All four sites are radiocarbon dated to Pre-Dorset times (4500 – 2700 BP). The faunal assemblage is dominated by caribou remains. As such,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McAvoy, Deanna Grace
Other Authors: Milne, Brooke (Anthropology)
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Arctic
Zooarchaeology
Baffin Island
Mingo Lake
Large Lakes Region
Caribou
Pre-Dorset
Palaeo-Eskimo
Terrestrial Component
Faunal Analysis
Marrow Extraction
Bone Burning
Interior Sites
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/23540

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http://hdl.handle.net/1993/23540

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