Preliminary Geomorphological Study of a Newly Discovered Dorset Culture Site on Melville Island, N.W.T.

Authors

  • W.E.S. Henoch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3494

Keywords:

Energy budgets, Heat transmission, Movement, Ocean currents, Sea ice, Temporal variations, Winds, East Greenland Current, Arctic Ocean

Abstract

Describes a prehistoric dwelling found at McCormick Inlet in 1962. Location of the site at 1.75 m above high water and its age, estimated at 1150-1740 yr from radiocarbon dating of moss, indicate negligible land emergence during the last one and a half millennia. Prehistoric sites recorded by other explorers on the island are also noted and mapped.

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Published

1964-01-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (1964): June: 65–144

Section

Notes