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

• Published in: American antiquity Vol. 85; no. 2; pp. 222 - 240
• Main Author: Friesen, T. Max
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Cambridge University Press 01.04.2020
• Subjects: 13th century; 14th century; Archaeology; Excavation; Historic artifacts; Inuit; Material culture; Meetings; Migration; Occupations; Oral history; Traditions; Alaska; United States > US; Arctic region; Greenland

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 fro...