Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut
Change in sea levels, be they isostatic or eustatic, impact humans and the paleogeography they inhabit. In this paper we examine paleogeography at Iqaluktuuq, a section of the Ekalluk River, Victoria Island, Nunavut, between Tahiryuaq (Ferguson Lake) and Wellington Bay. The area’s isostatic rebound...
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| description | Change in sea levels, be they isostatic or eustatic, impact humans and the paleogeography they inhabit. In this paper we examine paleogeography at Iqaluktuuq, a section of the Ekalluk River, Victoria Island, Nunavut, between Tahiryuaq (Ferguson Lake) and Wellington Bay. The area’s isostatic rebound impacted the Ekalluk River’s development and the use of the area by two essential subsistence resources, Arctic char (<i>Salvelinus alpinus</i>) and caribou (<i>Rangifer tarandus</i>). This, in turn, impacted the choices of Pre-Dorset, Middle and Late Dorset, and Thule/Inuit people regarding site locations. A new relative sea-level curve developed using calibrated radiocarbon dates on marine shells and terrestrial material from archaeological sites is produced for Iqaluktuuq. Based on the data, large scale (1:50,000) paleogeography maps are presented for the period of human occupation of Iqaluktuuq, 3100 calibrated years Before Present (B.P. cal) to present, revealing how paleogeography impacts people’s settlement choices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dfd66740bb4748fd9d87784debfb413d2023-11-24T15:07:07ZengMDPI AGGeosciences2076-32632022-11-01121244010.3390/geosciences12120440Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, NunavutJulie M. Ross0T. Max Friesen1Culture and Heritage, Department of Education Culture and Employment, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9, CanadaDepartment of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 19 Ursula Franklin St., Toronto, ON M5R 2S2, CanadaChange in sea levels, be they isostatic or eustatic, impact humans and the paleogeography they inhabit. In this paper we examine paleogeography at Iqaluktuuq, a section of the Ekalluk River, Victoria Island, Nunavut, between Tahiryuaq (Ferguson Lake) and Wellington Bay. The area’s isostatic rebound impacted the Ekalluk River’s development and the use of the area by two essential subsistence resources, Arctic char (<i>Salvelinus alpinus</i>) and caribou (<i>Rangifer tarandus</i>). This, in turn, impacted the choices of Pre-Dorset, Middle and Late Dorset, and Thule/Inuit people regarding site locations. A new relative sea-level curve developed using calibrated radiocarbon dates on marine shells and terrestrial material from archaeological sites is produced for Iqaluktuuq. Based on the data, large scale (1:50,000) paleogeography maps are presented for the period of human occupation of Iqaluktuuq, 3100 calibrated years Before Present (B.P. cal) to present, revealing how paleogeography impacts people’s settlement choices.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/12/440sea levelnunavutarchaeologyarcticsettlement patternsDorset |
| spellingShingle | Julie M. Ross T. Max Friesen Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut Geosciences sea level nunavut archaeology arctic settlement patterns Dorset |
| title | Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut |
| title_full | Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut |
| title_fullStr | Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut |
| title_short | Paleogeography of Human Settlement at Iqaluktuuq, Victoria Island, Nunavut |
| title_sort | paleogeography of human settlement at iqaluktuuq victoria island nunavut |
| topic | sea level nunavut archaeology arctic settlement patterns Dorset |
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