RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hunter-Gatherer Impact on Subarctic Vegetation: Amerindian and Palaeoeskimo Occupations of Port au Choix, Northwestern Newfoundland
JF Arctic Anthropology
JO Arctic Anthropol
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 176
OP 190
DO 10.1353/arc.0.0031
VO 46
IS 1-2
A1 M.A.P. Renouf
A1 Trevor Bell
A1 Joyce Macpherson
YR 2009
UL http://aa.uwpress.org/content/46/1-2/176.abstract
AB This paper presents data from two ponds at Port au Choix, in northwestern New-foundland, each associated with one or more archaeological sites. Disruptions in vegetation in the ponds and surrounding areas are linked to contemporaneous human activities nearby and comparisons are made between Amerindian and Palaeoeskimo impact patterns. Whereas Amerindian occupations had a major impact on the Field Pond basin, only those Palaeoeskimo activities that took place at or in Bass Pond had an impact on its limnology. This difference is linked to site location preferences, the availability of woodland, and distance of human settlement from the pond. This study contributes to our understanding of the dynamic relationship between hunter-gatherers and their environment.