Paleoeskimo Deographic History (ca. 4800-800 B.P.) in the Canadian Arctic and its Relationship to mid-late Holocene Climate Variability
- Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Building: DNA/Life Health Sciences Building
Room: B 104
Paleoeskimos were the first occupants of the central and eastern Canadian Arctic, spreading east from the Bering Strait region beginning ~4800 B.P., and occupying much of the Canadian Arctic through to their eventual disappearance ~800 B.P. Extensive regional archaeological site surveys indicate that Paleoskimo populations underwent a series of population ‘boom’ (rapid expansion) and ‘bust’ (population declines and local extinctions) over the 4,000 year occupation history, including in the purported stable ‘core area’ of Foxe Basin. The contemporaneity of the local boom and bust cycles are explored in a pan-Canadian Arctic context, and in turn their relationship to mid-late Holocene climate variability is assessed.
Guest Speaker: Professor James Savelle from McGill University
"Paleoeskimo Deographic History (ca. 4800-800 B.P.) in the Canadian Arctic and its Relationship to mid-late Holocene Climate Variability"
Supported by:
Kenneth & Martha Kidd Legacy Fund in Anthropology
Richard B. Johnston Lecture Fund in Anthropology
CONTACT INFO:
Dr. Paul Szpak
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Archaeology & Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
705-748-1011 x 6373
Posted on March 15, 2018