Neo-Thule

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archaeological culture cultural phase

Neo-Thule refers to the later cultural and archaeological phase of the Thule Inuit, marked by their expansion across the Arctic and development of sophisticated sea-mammal hunting technologies.

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Label	Occurrences
Neo-Thule canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture ⓘ cultural phase ⓘ
associatedWith	Inuit ⓘ Thule Inuit ⓘ
followedBy	Historic Inuit cultures ⓘ
follows	Thule Inuit ⓘ surface form: Classic Thule
hasArchaeologicalFeature	dog sled runners ⓘ harpoon heads and hunting implements ⓘ house ruins with whalebone elements ⓘ kayak stands ⓘ meat caches ⓘ snow knife and ice tool assemblages ⓘ umiak supports ⓘ
hasChronologicalRelation	overlaps with early European contact in the Arctic ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait	advanced harpoon technology ⓘ complex hunting gear ⓘ dog traction and sleds ⓘ driftwood and whalebone architecture ⓘ elaborate clothing adapted to polar conditions ⓘ intensive whaling ⓘ regional trade networks ⓘ sea-mammal hunting specialization ⓘ sealing ⓘ semi-subterranean houses ⓘ snow houses (igluit) ⓘ specialized butchering and storage of marine mammals ⓘ toggle harpoons ⓘ use of iron and metal from trade and meteoritic sources ⓘ use of kayaks ⓘ use of large skin boats (umiaks) ⓘ
hasEconomicBase	fishing ⓘ limited caribou hunting ⓘ marine hunting economy ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
hasRegion	Alaska ⓘ Arctic interior of North America ⓘ surface form: Arctic North America Arctic Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago Greenland ⓘ Arctic region ⓘ surface form: High Arctic
hasTimePeriod	Late Thule period ⓘ
hasTimeSpan	approximately 14th century to 19th century CE ⓘ
partOf	Thule Inuit cultural sequence ⓘ
precededBy	Thule Inuit ⓘ surface form: Classic Thule Thule culture ⓘ surface form: Early Thule
relatedTo	Inuit migration across the Arctic ⓘ peopling of the Eastern Arctic by Thule Inuit ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	Arctic anthropology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ
subclassOf	Thule culture ⓘ

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Subject: Neo-Thule
Description of subject: Neo-Thule refers to the later cultural and archaeological phase of the Thule Inuit, marked by their expansion across the Arctic and development of sophisticated sea-mammal hunting technologies.

Referenced by (1)

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

Thule Inuit → archaeologicalPhase → Neo-Thule ⓘ