Open AccessEthnoarcheologie in Noord-Canada: hoe klimaatverandering en kolonialisme de traditionele manier van leven van de Inuit hebben beïnvloed van 1300 n.Chr. tot nu
Author(s) -
Sean P. A. Desjardins
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
paleo-aktueel
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1572-6622
DOI - 10.21827/pa.29.71-76
Subject(s) - circumpolar star , subsistence agriculture , arctic , geography , indigenous , ethnology , metis , colonialism , ethnoarchaeology , the arctic , archaeology , history , ecology , oceanography , geology , world wide web , computer science , biology , agriculture
Ethnoarchaeology in Arctic Canada: Exploring how climate change and colonialism impacted traditional Inuit life, ca. AD 1300 to present.
Over the past several hundred years, traditional practices of indigenous peoples across the circumpolar Arctic have been heavily impacted by ecological and social stresses, including episodes of dramatic climate change, as well as colonialist policies that restricted residential mobility and eventually encouraged year-roundsedentism and cultural assimilation. Given its abundance of archaeological sites and the presence of a resilient, active subsistence hunting economy, the Foxe Basin region of arctic Canada is an ideal place in which to explore these issues. In this paper, I describe recent archaeological work I have carried out in the region, and outline my plans for ethnoarchaeological investigations there in the coming years.