Prehistory: Arctic
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science, Geography, Archaeology
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Canada, Alaska
- Date: c. 10,000 -c. 1800
Article abstract: The Arctic is the area of North America that has been longest inhabited by Indians.
The Arctic ordinarily is defined as the circumpolar region lying north of the treeline where the warmest temperature is below 10 degrees centigrade; it only roughly approximates the Arctic Circle. In the Western Hemisphere, the prehistoric Arctic culture area included the Bering Strait land bridge (Beringia), northern Alaska and northern Canada, the Canadian Archipelago, and most of Greenland. Next to the Antarctic, it was the last of the global niches in which...
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