Contemporaneity of Dorset and Thule Cultures in the North American Arctic: New Radiocarbon Dates from Victoria Island, Nunavut

2004 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 685-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Max Friesen
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
The North ◽  
North American Arctic ◽  
Victoria Island

Radiocarbon Evidence for Fourteenth-Century Dorset Occupation in the Eastern North American Arctic

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Max Friesen
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
North American ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Transitional Period ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
The North ◽  
Population Distributions ◽  
North American Arctic ◽  
Victoria Island

One of the most persistent debates in the archaeology of the North American Arctic relates to thirteenth-century AD population distributions and movements. Around this time, the final culture of the long-lived Paleo-Inuit tradition, known as Late Dorset, was replaced by Thule Inuit, who migrated from Alaska to the Eastern Arctic. Due to the almost complete lack of evidence for direct interaction between Dorset and Thule, there are currently two contrasting models for this transitional period. The first proposes a temporal hiatus between Late Dorset and Thule during which the Eastern Arctic was unoccupied. The second proposes that Late Dorset persisted to at least the late thirteenth century and still occupied some regions of the Eastern Arctic when Thule arrived. Resolution of this question depends largely on radiocarbon dates, particularly for the poorly understood Late Dorset period. This article presents 56 new AMS radiocarbon dates from three Late Dorset sites in the Iqaluktuuq region of southeastern Victoria Island in the Central Arctic. They resolve a significant part of the debate by confirming that Dorset settlement continued in this region later than AD 1300, thus overlapping with Thule settlement in adjacent regions for decades, and perhaps as much as a century.

Politics and Development in the North American Arctic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman S. Czarny ◽  
Magdalena Tomala ◽  
Iwona Wrońska
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
The North ◽  
North American Arctic

Climate Change in the North American Arctic: A One Health Perspective

EcoHealth ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 713-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph P. Dudley ◽  
Eric P. Hoberg ◽  
Emily J. Jenkins ◽  
Alan J. Parkinson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
North American ◽  
One Health ◽  
The North ◽  
North American Arctic

The North American Arctic Maritime and Environmental Security Workshop 2018:

2019 ◽  
pp. 116-133
Author(s):  
Randy ‘Church’ Kee ◽  
Maj Gen ◽  
Paula Williams ◽  
Heather N. Nicol
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Environmental Security ◽  
The North ◽  
North American Arctic

Governance of the North American Arctic

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-59
Author(s):  
Heather Nicol ◽  
Andrew Chater
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
The North ◽  
North American Arctic
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