Inuit -- Nunavut -- Port Refuge Region -- Antiquities, Port Refuge Region (Nunavut) -- Antiquities, Nunavut -- Antiquities, Antiquities, Inuit -- Antiquities, Nunavut, Nunavut -- Port Refuge Region 

"Port Refuge (RbJu-1) is a small bay on the south coast of Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, in High Arctic Canada. Archaeological work between 1972 and 1977 recovered remains of several prehistoric occupations of this area, which are ascribed to the Independence I, Pre-Dorset, Independence II/early Dorset, late Dorset and Thule cultures/ The present report describes the archaeological material relating to the early Arctic Small Tool tradition occupations. Five components are ascribed to an Independence I components comprise between 13 and 31 discrete features, most of which appear to have been single family tent dwellings of the midpassage form; faunal analysis suggests that these dwellings were people who were engaged primarily in hunting ringed seals, waterfowl and fox. The single Pre-Dorset component appears to represent a more lengthy occupation, but the faunal remains suggest an economic orientation similar to that of the Independence I people. A brief attempt is made to understand the relationships between the Port Refuge people and ASTt people in other Arctic areas, and to explain the nature of this earliest occupation in the Port Refuge area." -- page iii. 

vii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.