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 …

Across the North American Arctic, many Inuit groups lived in substantial semi-subterranean
houses during the winter. While these houses are among the most common contexts …

Paleolimnological approaches can be used to determine the ways in which past Arctic
peoples have affected the ecosystems in which they live, and simultaneously to reconstruct …

The eastern lobe of the Alaskan White River Ash volcanic event of AD 846–848 blanketed
portions of Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada, in 5 to 50 cm of tephra. The eruption …

A comparison of identified faunal assemblages from the Dorset site of Phillip's Garden
indicates that harp seal hunting was the main focus of activity throughout the site's …

The Mackenzie River Delta is, by arctic standards, an area of unique ecological productivity
and richness. Capitalizing on this resource abundance, Neoeskimo groups inhabiting the …

Janes uses archaeological evidence from Fort Alexander, a fur trading post on Willow Lake
River in the Mackenzie Valley, and ethnohistorical data to reconstruct Euro-Canadian …

Newfoundland lies at the intersection of arctic and more temperate regions and,
commensurate with this geography, populations of two Amerindian and two Paleoeskimo …

Recent interpretations of prehistoric Thule Eskimo culture of the Canadian Arctic emphasize
whaling as well as nonwhaling subsistence patterns, depending upon location and period …

This chapter briefly summarizes salvage excavations at the Dorset Palaeoeskimo burial
sites of Crow Head Cave (EeBi-4) and the Gargamelle Rockshelter (EeBi-21) on the Port au …