Dorset Culture Extends into Labrador, Newfoundland, and Greenland
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Canada, Arctic, Greenland
- Date: c. 700-c. 500
Article abstract: The Dorset culture appeared in the Canadian high Arctic and northwestern Greenland around 800 b.c.e., spread to Labrador by 700 b.c.e., and eventually crossed the Strait of Belle Isle into Newfoundland, where until 500 c.e. Dorset people may have been the only inhabitants.
Summary of Event
The Paleo-Eskimos, or Old Eskimos, originated in the central and high Arctic regions sometime between 1000 and 500 b.c.e. and gave way to today’s Neo-Eskimos, or Inuits, between 500 and 1000 c.e. In 1924 at Cape Dorset on southwestern Baffin Island,...
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