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    Archaeological Survey Between Cape Parry and Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1963
    Archaeological Survey Between Cape Parry and Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1963
    Archaeological Survey Between Cape Parry and Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1963
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    Archaeological Survey Between Cape Parry and Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1963

    By William Ewart Taylor

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    1963 field work reveals artifacts and structures of Pre-Dorset, Dorset, Thule and recent Eskimo occupations at several localities in the area surveyed. The author refers to earlier field work, comments on regional variations in cultures represented in the report, documents a western extension of Dorset culture and offers hypotheses on the origins of the historic Caribou Eskimo and Copper Eskimo.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Ottawa Press
    Release dateJan 1, 1972
    ISBN9781772820003
    Archaeological Survey Between Cape Parry and Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1963

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