GEO 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cool Air, Northwest Passage, Arctic Small Tool Tradition
16 Mar 2017
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Lecture 8 - peoples of north pt 2. The crossing was shallow and narrow and easily crossed by hunting on the sea ice and water. In alaskan region has continuous occupation of people vs. arctic that has gaps. Over time people moved west discovering new hunting areas. Warm -> cooling = see gap due to species decline. By 2500 bp culture was distinctly different from pre-dorset. Successful adaptation to the conditions of this region. Climate warmed by 800 ad - shortened winter season. Technology change: use of bone and wood > stone. Recognize seal holes by small cones around flat ice made by the warm exhale of the seal freezing. Put cotton grass around hole which will flutter when seal breathes, then you spear seal. Sat on end of spear and had holes where you insert leather ties. The leather ties and ridges locks the spear into seal. Bone and wood: main tools, sewing needles, other harpoon types.
