GEO 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Arctic Small Tool Tradition, Netsilik Inuit, Raised Beach
22 Feb 2017
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Stereotypical image - major contact w/ european not for long. Netsilik inuit family unit inside snow house (amundsen, 1903) Begins at end of last ice age, when majority of na covered by glacial ice. Ocean lvls lower bc ice was locked up in land mass. Beringia land bridge - people crossed over following animal migration. People crossing land bridge and moving south to south us and sa. Divide in occupation of north: west of arctic (alaska), arctic canada, greenland. From about 4000 years ago, constant occupation of people in alaska. Each culture is defined by its technology (stone tools, metal tools) Eastern arctic and greenland does not have continuous occupation. Alaska - connected to beringia bridge = continuous occupation. Eastern - gaps punctuated by changes in climate. Did not cross the land bridge (didn"t migrate further south) The crossing was shallow and narrow and easily crossed by hunting on the sea ice and water.
