scholarly journals An Early Holocene Bowhead Whale (Balaena Mysticetus) in Nansen Sound, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

ARCTIC ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Bednarski
Keyword(s):  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Bowhead Whale ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Canadian Arctic Archipelago ◽  
Balaena Mysticetus

Bowhead whale bones and Thule Eskimo subsistence–settlement patterns in the central Canadian Arctic

Polar Record ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 29 (168) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen P. McCartney ◽  
James M. Savelle
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
New World ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Bowhead Whale ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
House Construction ◽  
Complete Exclusion ◽  
Almost All

ABSTRACTBowhead whale bones in prehistoric Thule Eskimo contexts have been examined since 1975 in the central Canadian Arctic. Approximately 10,500 bones, representing almost 1000 animals, have been counted on the shores of six adjacent islands. Comparisons of Thule-derived bowhead samples with live Beaufort Sea samples and Early Holocene samples indicate that Thule Eskimo hunters selected yearlings and two- to three-year-old subadults, to the almost complete exclusion of calves and adults. Almost all bowheads found at Thule sites measure 7–10 m in length, estimated by regression analyses based on Alaskan bowhead skeletons of known size. Archaeological bowhead bones represent several stages of past hunting and processing behavior, including selective hunting, beach flensing and meal/blubber caching, winter house construction, and bone re-use from house ruins. The availability and abundance of bowheads were primary determinants of Thule subsistence-settlement patterns in this region. Archaeological whale bones arc a nonrenewable cultural resource of the New World Arctic that deserve study and protection.

scholarly journals Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus diving and movement patterns in the eastern Canadian Arctic: implications for foraging ecology

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Pomerleau ◽  
TA Patterson ◽  
S Luque ◽  
V Lesage ◽  
MP Heide-Jørgensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foraging Ecology ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Bowhead Whale ◽  
Balaena Mysticetus ◽  
Eastern Canadian Arctic

Olfaction and brain size in the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. M. Thewissen ◽  
John George ◽  
Cheryl Rosa ◽  
Takushi Kishida
Keyword(s):  
Brain Size ◽  
Bowhead Whale ◽  
Balaena Mysticetus
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