Mobility and subsistence-settlement: an archaeological example from the central Canadian Arctic

• Author / Creator

  Savelle, James Michael

• Doctoral thesis. An archaeological study of how hunter-gatherer mobility strategies articulate with the resource structure to shape settlement systems. The archaeological and historical record of the central Canadian Arctic (Somerset Island, Boothia Peninsula, King William Island/(Adelaide Peninsula) is used as an empirical test case for the suggested relationships.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Indians of North America--Northwest Territories--Franklin District--Hunting
  • Indians of North America--Northwest Territories--Franklin District--Food
  • Hunting and gathering societies--Northwest Territories--Franklin District
  • Archaeology--Northwest Territories--Franklin District--Methodology
  • Migration, Internal--Northwest Territories--Franklin District
  • Land settlement patterns--Northwest Territories--Franklin District

• Graduation date

  1986

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3JD4Q113

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.