Dorset culture

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Tuniit
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Cape_Dorset
gptkb:Igloolik
gptkb:Avayalik_Island
gptkb:Port_Refuge
gptkb:Nain
gptkbp:artifactsFound scrapers
animal figurines
bone needles
ivory figurines
antler tools
burins
stone scrapers
antler harpoons
bone awls
bone fishhooks
bone harpoons
bone knives
bone ornaments
bone points
bone sled shoes
drilled amulets
drilled pendants
drilled soapstone lamps
engraved plaques
harpoon heads
ivory masks
ivory toggles
miniature carvings
sled runners
snow knives
soapstone bowls
soapstone lamps
stone burins
stone knives
stone lamps
toggle harpoons
gptkbp:disappeared c. 1500 CE
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Thule_culture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dorset culture
gptkbp:language unknown
gptkbp:notableFor ivory tools
seal hunting
carved figurines
lack of bow and arrow
snow houses
soapstone lamps
use of harpoons
gptkbp:period c. 500 BCE – 1500 CE
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Pre-Dorset_culture
gptkbp:region gptkb:Canadian_Arctic
gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:Labrador
gptkb:Newfoundland
gptkb:Nunavut
gptkb:Arctic_North_America
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pre-Dorset_culture
gptkb:Thule_culture
Indigenous people
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Thule_people
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Tuniit_(giants)
gptkb:ancient_Paleo-Eskimo
gptkb:Dorset_Island
gptkb:Port_au_Choix
gptkb:Ramah_Bay
gptkb:Paleo-Eskimo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6