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The Influence Of Iron On Arctic Thule Migration Patterns, Alina T. Aquino
The Influence Of Iron On Arctic Thule Migration Patterns, Alina T. Aquino
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Arctic scholars have yet to fully understand the reasons behind the migration of Thule culture from the western to the eastern Arctic. This rapid movement across such a vast area into environmentally diverse regions marks a critical period of cultural change that is usually summarized by two theoretical positions. Ecological theories postulated environmental changes placed selective pressures on traditional food sources that required Thule hunters to follow migrating prey. Theories that focused on material acquisition alternately proposed the Thule followed the trail of meteoric iron eastward into northwestern Greenland.
This research sought to examine the eastward Thule migration from another …