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    The Dorset was a Paleo-Eskimo culture, lasting from 500 BCE to between 1000 CE and 1500 CE, that followed the Pre-Dorset and preceded the Thule people...
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  • The Pre-Dorset is a loosely defined term for a Paleo-Eskimo culture or group of cultures that existed in the Eastern Canadian Arctic from c. 3200 to 850...
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  • Dorset (or archaically Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the area covered by...
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    1300 BCE. After the Saqqaq culture disappeared, the Independence II culture of northern Greenland and the Early Dorset culture of West Greenland emerged...
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  • Thule people (redirect from Thule Culture)
    the 13th century. In the process, they replaced people of the earlier Dorset culture that had previously inhabited the region. The appellation "Thule" originates...
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    related Dorset culture (from 500 BCE to between CE 1000 and 1500), called the Tuniit in Inuktitut, which was the last major Paleo-Eskimo culture. The first...
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    difference in the material cultures of Independence II and the contemporary Dorset culture in southern Greenland, locally known as Dorset I. Those who lump these...
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    inhabited for the last 4,500 years, first by peoples of the Saqqaq culture, then Dorset culture, and then the Thule people, whose Inuit descendants form the...
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    Dorset people arrived in the Qaqortoq area around 2,800 years ago. Several rectangular peat dwelling structures, characteristic of the early Dorset culture...
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  • Paleo-Eskimo (category Archaeological cultures of North America)
    with the last one, the Dorset culture, disappearing around 1500 CE. Paleo-Eskimo groups included the Pre-Dorset; the Saqqaq culture of Greenland (2500–800...
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    Pre-Dorset culture were seasonally mobile, moving between settlements to take advantage of resources. The Pre-Dorset culture was succeeded by the Dorset culture...
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  • stamp Ray Dorset (born 1946), British musician Dorset culture, a prehistoric culture that preceded the Inuit in Arctic North America Dorset (sheep) (disambiguation)...
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    Saqqaq culture disappeared and the Early Dorset culture emerged in western Greenland and the Independence II culture in northern Greenland. The Dorset culture...
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    Greenland at least, the Dorset culture may be better understood as a continuation of Independence II culture; the two cultures have therefore been designated...
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    Maritime Archaic peoples were gradually displaced by people of the Dorset culture (Late Paleo-Eskimo) who also occupied Port au Choix. The number of their...
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    consisted of several Paleo-Eskimo cultures, including the Independence cultures and Pre-Dorset culture. The Dorset culture (Inuktitut: Tuniit or Tunit) refers...
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    Sadlermiut (category Archaeological cultures of North America)
    last remnants of the Dorset culture as they had preserved a culture and dialect distinct from the mainland Inuit. Despite their culture and local traditions...
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    Epoch. It is believed to have been replaced by or developed into the Dorset culture around 2000 BP. It is named after Groswater Bay, a bay in central Labrador...
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    Circumpolar peoples (category Culture of the Arctic)
    consisted of several Paleo-Eskimo cultures, including the Independence cultures and Pre-Dorset culture. The Dorset culture (Inuktitut: Tuniit or Tunit) refers...
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  • Dorsets may refer to: Dorset culture Dorset Regiment This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dorsets. If an internal link led...
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    Dorset (/ˈdɔːrsɪt/ DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire /ˈdɔːrsɪt.ʃɪər, -ʃər/ DOR-sit-sheer, -⁠shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered...
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    They displaced the related Dorset culture, called the Tuniit in Inuktitut, which was the last major Paleo-Eskimo culture. Inuit legends speak of the...
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    early settlements. Evidence of successive cultures have been found. The Late Paleo-Eskimo, or Dorset culture, settled there about 4,000 years ago. They...
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    Nunavut (redirect from Culture of Nunavut)
    Pre-Dorset, a diverse Paleo-Eskimo culture that migrated eastward from the Bering Strait region. The Pre-Dorset culture was succeeded by the Dorset culture...
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    Dorset Island, or Cape Dorset Island, is one of the Canadian Arctic islands located in Hudson Strait, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the Foxe Peninsula...
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  • Qajartalik (category Dorset culture)
    over 150 carvings of faces in soapstone. It was created by the Dorset people, the culture who inhabited the Canadian eastern Arctic and Greenland beginning...
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    Inuit art (category Culture of Canada)
    preserved artifacts carved in ivory could be considered works of art. The Dorset culture, which became culturally distinct around 600 BCE, produced a significant...
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    absorbing the old Dorset culture in Arctic Alaska. 900–1150: Pueblo II Era in the American Southwest 1000–1200: Early Mississippian culture in the Eastern...
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    human habitation in Canada. The Paleo-Indian Clovis, Plano, and Pre-Dorset cultures predate the current Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Projectile...
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    several Paleo-Eskimo cultures, including the Independence cultures and Pre-Dorset culture. The Inuit are the descendants of the Thule culture, which emerged...
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