The Dorsets

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Paleo-Eskimo culture
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Dorset_culture
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Cape_Dorset
gptkb:Igloolik
gptkbp:artifactsFound needles
amulets
knives
scrapers
snow goggles
ivory carvings
drills
bone needles
burins
spear points
bone awls
bone fishhooks
bone harpoons
bone knives
bone ornaments
harpoon heads
miniature carvings
sled runners
snow knives
soapstone lamps
toggle harpoons
adzes
maskettes
bone scrapers
bone adzes
bone amulets
bone burins
bone drum handles
bone ivory carvings
bone maskettes
bone sled runners
bone snow goggles
bone snow knives
bone soapstone lamps
bone spear points
bone toggle harpoons
drum handles
gptkbp:disappeared c. 1500 CE
gptkbp:geneticStudies distinct from Inuit
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Dorsets
gptkbp:inhabitedBy gptkb:Canadian_Arctic
gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:Arctic_North_America
gptkbp:language unknown
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Cape_Dorset
gptkbp:notableFor stone tools
bone tools
lack of bow and arrow
carved art
gptkbp:period c. 500 BCE – 1500 CE
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Pre-Dorset_culture
gptkbp:subsistence fishing
caribou hunting
marine mammal hunting
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Thule_culture
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dorsetshire_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7