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Thule Iron Use in the Pre-contact Arctic
<p>This thesis examines the use of iron by the Thule people, a Neoeskimo culture that lived in the North American Arctic between approximately 1000 AD and 1400 ̶ 1500 AD. The study takes a pan-Arctic perspective to bring together research that has usually been done on a more-limited geographical …
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Nuvuk, Point Barrow, Alaska: The Thule Cemetery and Ipiutak Occupation
… occupation, and a previously undocumented Thule occupation with an associated large cemetery. In addition, brief descriptions of various midden and activity areas resulting from the post-contact occupation of the site are provided. The detailed results of the 63 Thule burial excavations …
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Assessing Thule Inuit impacts on High Arctic lakes and ponds : a paleolimnological approach
… Ellesmere and Bathurst Island were impacted by Thule Inuit whalers, whose activities altered nutrient levels in nearby ponds. Two Thule Inuit whaling sites were selected based on input from several archaeologists, to ensure good coverage of the Thule geographic range and proximity to freshwater …
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Variability in Thule Inuit Subsistence Economy: A Faunal Analysis of OkRn-1, Banks Island, N.W.T.
… analysis of animal remains recovered from a late Thule qarmaq at the OkRn-1 archaeological site (ca. 1450 – 1650 AD) on Banks Island, NWT. The main objectives were to: 1) document animal exploitation in the qarmaq; 2) determine the season of occupation of the qarmaq; 3) assess change in Thule …
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Population Structure and Demographic History of Human Arctic Populations Using Quantitative Cranial Traits
… Point Barrow are the formative ancestor to the Thule, from which modern Arctic populations are associated. Emerging out of the Birnirk, the Thule spread into the Central Arctic and Greenland, likely following aquatic food resources. There is support for biological continuity between the Birnirk …