The Ruin Islanders: Thule Culture Pioneers in the Eastern High Arctic
- ISBN-10
- 0660107937
- ISBN-13
- 9780660107936
- Category
- History / Canada / General
- Pages
- 347
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Hull, Que. : Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Authors
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Karen Margrethe McCullough, Archaeological Survey of Canada
Description
Study draws on data from archaeological research in the Bache Peninsula region of eastern Ellesmere Island to clarify and extend knowledge of the Ruin Island phase of Thule culture and the question of Thule culture expansion into the Canadian High Arctic. Detailed discussion of Thule material culture.
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