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    Contributions to the Study of the Dorset Palaeo-Eskimos
    Contributions to the Study of the Dorset Palaeo-Eskimos
    Contributions to the Study of the Dorset Palaeo-Eskimos
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    This collection of papers offers insights into the Dorset Palaeo-Eskimo occupation of Arctic Canada, Newfoundland and Greenland. Topics include biological relationships in the Dorset population; succession and discontinuity in Palaeo-Eskimo occupations; Dorset technology in soapstone, metal, and skeletal materials; and social aspects of the late Dorset stone “longhouses”.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Ottawa Press
    Release dateJan 1, 2005
    ISBN9781772821604
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