The Ruin Islanders
Subtitle: Thule culture pioneers in the Eastern High Arctic
By: Karen M. McCullough.
Contributors: Canadian Museum of Civilization.; Archaeological Survey of Canada.
Series: Mercury series,; Paper / Archeological Survey of Canada,; no. 141; Paper (Archaeological Survey of Canada) ;; no. 141.
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Hull, Quebec
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Thule culture -- Nunavut -- Skraeling Island.; Thule culture -- Nunavut -- Ellesmere Island.; Inuit -- Nunavut -- Skraeling Island -- Antiquities.; Inuit -- Nunavut -- Ellesmere Island -- Antiquities.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Nunavut -- Skraeling Island.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Nunavut -- Ellesmere Island.; Skraeling Island (Nunavut) -- Antiquities.; Ellesmere Island (Nunavut) -- Antiquities.
Other titles: Thule culture pioneers in the Eastern High Arctic.
Description: Study draws on data from archaeological research in the Bache Peninsula region of eastern Ellesmere Island to clarify and extend knowledge of the Ruin Island phase of Thule culture and the question of Thule culture expansion into the Canadian High Arctic. Detailed discussion of Thule material culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - University of Toronto under the title: The Ruin Island phase of Thule culture in the Eastern High Arctic.
Includes abstract in French.