Dorset culture

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Paleo-Eskimo culture archaeological culture prehistoric Arctic culture

The Dorset culture was a prehistoric Arctic society that preceded the Thule Inuit, known for its distinctive stone tools, art, and adaptation to high-latitude environments across northern Canada and Greenland.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dorset culture canonical	4
Early Dorset	1
Late Dorset	1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Paleo-Eskimo culture ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ prehistoric Arctic culture ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	art objects ⓘ burials ⓘ house ruins ⓘ middens ⓘ
archaeologicalPhase	Dorset culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Early Dorset Dorset culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Late Dorset Middle Dorset ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Cape Dorset ⓘ Disko Bay ⓘ Foxe Basin ⓘ Qikiqtaaluk Region ⓘ surface form: Igloolik region Port Refuge ⓘ
artForm	engraved ivory objects ⓘ maskettes ⓘ small carved figurines ⓘ
artStyle	highly stylized animal figures ⓘ highly stylized human figures ⓘ
associatedWith	Arctic small tool tradition ⓘ surface form: Paleoeskimo tradition
chronologyMethod	radiocarbon dating ⓘ
climateAdaptation	high-latitude Arctic environments ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ Greenland ⓘ
didNotUse	bow and arrow ⓘ dog traction ⓘ
disappearanceCause	climate change hypothesis ⓘ possible introduced diseases ⓘ replacement by Thule Inuit hypothesis ⓘ
dwellingType	semi-subterranean houses ⓘ snow houses ⓘ
economy	hunter-gatherer ⓘ
endTime	c. 1500 CE ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Paleo-Eskimo peoples ⓘ
floruit	Late Prehistoric period ⓘ
followedBy	Inuit ⓘ Thule culture ⓘ
geneticContinuityWithInuit	low or absent ⓘ
languageFamily	unknown ⓘ
mainAreaOfActivity	Baffin Island ⓘ Arctic Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago Hudson Bay region ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador coastline ⓘ surface form: Labrador coast western Greenland ⓘ surface form: West Greenland
materialUsed	antler ⓘ bone ⓘ chert ⓘ ivory ⓘ quartzite ⓘ soapstone ⓘ
namedAfter	Dorset Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	absence of pottery ⓘ distinctive triangular endblades ⓘ elaborate shamanistic art motifs ⓘ extensive use of sea ice for hunting ⓘ
precededBy	Independence I culture ⓘ Independence II culture ⓘ Arctic small tool tradition ⓘ surface form: Saqqaq culture
region	Arctic region ⓘ surface form: Arctic
startTime	c. 500 BCE ⓘ
subsistence	caribou hunting ⓘ fishing ⓘ marine mammal hunting ⓘ sealing ⓘ
technology	burin-like tools ⓘ ground stone tools ⓘ microblade technology ⓘ soapstone lamps ⓘ soapstone vessels ⓘ
toolType	adzes ⓘ drills ⓘ endblades ⓘ scrapers ⓘ sideblades ⓘ
transport	boats ⓘ sea ice travel ⓘ sleds ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thule Inuit → developedFrom → Dorset culture ⓘ

Thule Inuit → replacedCulture → Dorset culture ⓘ

Dorset culture → archaeologicalPhase → Dorset culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Dorset

Dorset culture → archaeologicalPhase → Dorset culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Dorset

Arctic small tool tradition → influenced → Dorset culture ⓘ

subject surface form: Arctic Small Tool tradition

Norse colonies in Greenland → neighboringGroup → Dorset culture ⓘ