The Early Paleoeskimo is one of three distinct periods of human occupation recognized by archaeologists in the eastern North American Arctic, the others being the Late Paleoeskimo and the Thule. Dates for these occupations vary according to specific geographic region and cultural historical perspective, but it is generally agreed that the first, the Early Paleoeskimo, spans roughly 4500 BP to 28-2300 BP. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border Satellite image of the Arctic surface The Arctic is the area around the Earths North Pole, opposite the Antarctican area around the South Pole. ... Thule as Tile on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus. ...

The Early Paleoeskimo Tradition

The Early Paleoeskimo tradition is known by a number of local, and sometimes spatially and temporally overlapping and related variants including Independence 1 in the High Arctic and Greenland, Saqqaq in Greenland, Pre-Dorset in the High and Central Arctic and the Baffin/Ungava region and Groswater in Labrador and Newfoundland. More generally these are subsumed under a larger microlith tradition known as Arctic Small Tool. Their ancestral orgins are presumed to lie in Alaska, and ultimately Siberia and Eurasia. Saqqaq (old spelling Sarqaq) is a settlement (founded 1755) in the Municipality of Qasigiannguit , Greenland. ... Baffin Island (Inuktitut: Qikiqtaaluk ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) is one of the Canada in the territory of Nunavut. ... The Ungava Peninsula in northernmost Quebec is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, Hudson Strait to the north, and Ungava Bay to the east. ... This article is about the region in Canada. ... Newfoundland —   (stress on final syllable; for mispronunciations, see Newfoundland travel guide from Wikitravel)— (French: , Irish: ) is a large island off the east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... A microlith is a small stone tool, typically knapped of flint or chert, usually about three centimetres long or less. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,854 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... Siberian Federal District (dark red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia. ... Eurasia African-Eurasian aspect of Earth Eurasia is the landmass composed of Europe and Asia. ...

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Murray, M.S. (2005). Prehistoric Use of Ringed Seals: A Zooarchaeological Study from Arctic Canada. Environmental Archaeology 10 (1): 19-38.