Najat Bhiry
Biographic Data
| ID | 93686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Najat Bhiry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Najat |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhiry |
| SIGNATURE | BHIRY N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for Northern Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6609-0235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Stratified Pit Features at the Presbytère de l'Ancienne‐Lorette (CeEu‐11) and the Fort Odanak (CaFe‐7) Sites in Québec, Canada
A geoarcheological study of two large, stratified Indigenous pit features discovered at two Jesuit mission sites in Québec (Canada) was carried out to offer a detailed documentation of their contents and better understand their use over time. One of the pits is a 17th c. Wendat (Huron‐Wendat) feature discovered at the Presbytère‐de‐L'Ancienne‐Lorette (CeEu‐11) site in L'Ancienne‐Lorette, which was occupied by the Notre‐Dame‐de‐Lorette mission bet…
W8banaki Subsistence Patterns During the 18th and 19th Centuries at the Fort Odanak Site, Québec, Canada
Built in the early eighteenth century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Québec, QC, Canada), the fortified Jesuit mission of Saint-François-de-Sales was an important W8banaki centre during the colonial period. Between 2010 and 2021, archaeological excavations conducted by the W8banaki Nation led to the discovery of the mission's remains at the Fort Odanak site (CaFe-7) in the historical centre of the village of Odanak. They revealed numer…
From privies to disease
OBJECTIVE: This project combines the analysis of parasites and pollen remains from a wealthy 19th century household in Québec City, Canada to examine health as it intersects with ecological and cultural factors of disease transmission in changing urban environments. MATERIALS: Nineteen sediment samples from two privy structures from a 19th century wealthy household in Québec City, Canada. METHODS: The parasite analysis was conducted by examining …
Assessing the Vulnerability of an Inuit Archaeological Site in a Changing Periglacial Environment
With northern regions warming at twice the global rate, assessing the state of archaeological sites in these areas is critically important. In this study, we used a multimethod geophysical approach (ERT, GPR, and EMI) to characterize the current geocryological conditions of an Inuit archaeological site on South Aulatsivik Island (Labrador, Canada). Analysis of the geophysical surveys revealed a thin (~1 m) discontinuous layer of residual permafro…
The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada
Slope processes are active in the rolling plateau landscapes of Nunavik, Northern Québec, Canada. There are a few short but very steep escarpments in this region. On January 1st, 1999 a powerful snow avalanche struck Kangiqsualujjuaq, one of the 14 Inuit villages in Nunavik. Nine people died and 25 were injured. This village and its surrounding are located within a glacial valley, in a periglacial environment. There is significant population grow…
A geochemical investigation of an Early Inuit semi-subterranean winter dwelling in a periglacial context
Development of a subarctic peatland linked to slope dynamics at Lac Wiyâshâkimî (Nunavik, Canada)
A palaeoecological study of a subarctic minerotrophic peatland was undertaken to reconstruct the formation of the site as an archive of slope geomorphological processes. The study peatland is located about 400 m from Caribou slope (unofficial name) on Lepage Island, Lac Wiyâshâkimî, Nunavik (northern Québec, Canada). The site is close to the lakeshore and receives runoff directly from Caribou slope and its catchment. Gravity processes have been a…
Paaliup Qarmangit 1 site geoarchaeology
A multidisciplinary geoarchaeological investigation was performed at Paaliup Qarmangit 1 site (JjGj‐14), located in a valley affected by periglacial processes in Nunavik, Canada. A taphonomic approach was carried out to document site formation processes on the site of a single‐family semi‐subterranean winter Thule‐Inuit house. Off‐site geomorphological and stratigraphical analyses enabled us to reconstruct the sedimentary environment in the valle…
A 550-Year Record of the Disturbance History of White Spruce Forests Near Two Inuit Settlements in Labrador, Canada
We assessed historical variations in environmental parameters affecting tree growth during the last 550 years in north-central Labrador, Canada, using dendroecological analysis of white spruce forests near two Inuit settlements. Tree surveys of both modern and archaeological wood samples provided data for dendroecological analysis of growth patterns and natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes and enabled more-refined dendrochronological dat…
Assessing the effects of climate change and land use on northern Labrador forest stands based on paleoecological data
We reconstructed the late Holocene vegetation of the Nain region (northern Labrador, northeastern Canada) in order to assess the influence of climate and historic land use on past shifts in forest composition. Chronostratigraphy was used in combination with macrofossil and pollen data from monoliths sampled from four peatlands. Paleoecological reconstructions produced a vegetation history spanning 4900 years for the Nain region that is largely co…
A geochemical analysis of 18th-century Inuit communal house floors in northern Labrador
Butchering Site Evolution Induced by Past and Recent Snowmelt Runoff
A geoarchaeological study of a unique Inuit site in Nunavik was undertaken in order to document the impact of humans on the Arctic environment. The Saunitarlik archaeological site is located on the Aivirtuuq peninsula near Kangiqsujuaq (Nunavik), and it was used as a butchering site by Inuit in the 19th century. It consists of an open‐air midden containing thousands of bones lying in the bed of an intermittent stream. This study documents the tra…
Micromorphological Analyses of Inuit Communal Sod Houses in Northern Labrador, Canada
As part of ongoing multidisciplinary research at Uivak Point (HjCl‐09) and Oakes Bay 1 (HeCg‐8) in Labrador, Canada, undisturbed soil samples were collected in order to document archaeological sediments and examine anthropogenic processes within Inuit sod houses through soil micromorphology. These structures consist of multifamily winter dwellings used in Labrador and Greenland, which have been variously associated with Inuit social changes follo…
Géoarchéologie de maisons multifamiliales inuit de la période de contact au Labrador
Afin de documenter davantage la configuration interne de maisons multifamiliales inuit du Labrador et l'impact anthropique de leur occupation sur la matrice sédimentaire, une combinaison d'analyses micromorphologiques et géochimiques a été mise en oeuvre dans l'étude de trois habitations multifamiliales situées sur les sites archéologiques d'Oakes Bay-1 et d'Uivak Point 1. À l'issue des analyses, plusieurs indicateurs anthropiques associés à l'oc…
Paleoecological perspectives on landscape history and anthropogenic impacts at Uivak Point, Labrador, since AD 1400
Archaeological and paleoecological investigations were undertaken at Uivak Point (HjCl-09 located in Okak Bay, Labrador), a site that consists of a winter village comprising the ruins of nine sod houses and a number of tent ring, cache, and other structures. The site was occupied during the late 18th to early 19th centuries, although the immediate area has been used by many cultural groups spanning from Labrador’s early prehistory into the 20th c…
Inuit knowledge and use of wood resources on the west coast of Nunavik, Canada
Driftwood and shrubs are the primary wood resources available in most areas of coastal Nunavik. Today, they are mainly used as fuel for campfires, but historically they were very important for the ancestors of present-day Inuit. This article documents Inuit traditional knowledge about the origin, availability, gathering, and exploitation of wood resources in this region located in the Low Arctic and the Subarctic. Interviews were conducted with 2…
Napâttuit
In Nunatsiavut, recent studies have shown that major changes to forest tundra ecosystems have occurred over the past two centuries, including a shift in the abundance and range of tree/shrub species. Although this trend could be due to the highly variable climate of this period, we should also consider anthropogenic factors, such as wood harvesting, when conducting ecological studies of forest dynamics. Based on a literature review, interviews, a…
Environmental Change and Terrestrial Resource Use by the T hule and I nuit of L abrador, C anada
The object of this study is to document how the I nuit on the northern coast of L abrador, C anada used terrestrial resources such as peat and wood during the L ittle I ce A ge ( LIA ; A.D. 1500–1870). Paleoecological investigations consisting of pollen and macrofossil analyses were undertaken in conjunction with archaeological excavations at the I nuit winter settlement sites of O akes B ay 1, located in the N ain region of north‐central L abrad…
The geoarchaeology and traditional knowledge of winter sod houses in eastern Hudson Bay, Canadian Low Arctic
A multidisciplinary study was undertaken at the Qijurittuq Site (IbGk‐3) on Drayton Island in Low‐Arctic Quebec (Canada) to document the relationships between climatic, environmental, and cultural changes and the choice of Thule/Inuit dwelling style in the eastern Arctic. Several marine terraces were 14 C‐dated with shells in order to reconstruct the area's uplift (glacioisostatic rebound) curve. Plant macrofossil analysis of peat was conducted t…
The Qijurittuq site (IbGk-3), Eastern Hudson Bay
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 110(2):227–243, 2010 An interdisciplinary study was conducted at Qijurittuq (IbGk-3), an archaeological site located on Drayton Island along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, Nunavik. Local Inuit made important contributions to the research. High school students participated in the field school, and elders shared their traditional knowledge. The elders expressed an interest in the source of the woo…
Paleoeskimo site taphonomy
A detailed taphonomic study was undertaken at the Tayara site in order to determine the impact of natural processes such as surface water flow on spatial patterning and site formation. The study focused on Paleoeskimo level II, which contains many lithics and significant faunal remains. Level II integrity was assessed through spatial analysis and by examining the size distribution of lithic artifacts and bone orientation. Experimental knapping ai…
Tayara (KbFk-7) et le Dorsétien
Palaeoeskimo site burial by solifluction
The geoarchaeological study of the Palaeoeskimo Tayara site on Qikirtaq Island (Nunavik) has led to a better understanding of archaeological site formation in the arctic periglacial environment. The surrounding geomorphology (extra‐site) is characterized by fine‐grained, low plastic and leached postglacial glaciomarine sediments that have been reworked by sheet‐like solifluction. This process buried the northern part of the Tayara site with mean …
Peatland development at the arctic tree line (Québec, Canada) influenced by flooding and permafrost
In this study, we documented the Holocene history of a peat plateau at the arctic tree line in northern Québec using stratigraphic and macrofossil analyses to highlight the effects of geomorphic setting in peatland development. Paludification of the site began about 6800 cal yr BP. From 6390 to 4120 cal yr BP, the peatland experienced a series of flooding events. The location of the peatland in a depression bounded by two small lakes likely expla…
Le haut marais de l’Isle-aux-Grues
Synonymes de richesses animales et végétales, les marais de l’estuaire du fleuve Saint-Laurent ont été exploités depuis longtemps, d’abord par les Amérindiens puis par les colons européens. Toutefois, l’industrialisation a entraîné leur destruction : plus de la moitié des milieux humides de l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent a disparu. Dans l’optique du développement durable, cet article a pour but d’explorer la relation géohistorique entre société et e…
Paleoeskimo site taphonomy
A detailed taphonomic study was undertaken at the Tayara site in order to determine the impact of natural processes such as surface water flow on spatial patterning and site formation. The study focused on Paleoeskimo level II, which contains many lithics and significant faunal remains. Level II integrity was assessed through spatial analysis and by examining the size distribution of lithic artifacts and bone orientation. Experimental knapping ai…
Environmental Change and Terrestrial Resource Use by the T hule and I nuit of L abrador, C anada
The object of this study is to document how the I nuit on the northern coast of L abrador, C anada used terrestrial resources such as peat and wood during the L ittle I ce A ge ( LIA ; A.D. 1500–1870). Paleoecological investigations consisting of pollen and macrofossil analyses were undertaken in conjunction with archaeological excavations at the I nuit winter settlement sites of O akes B ay 1, located in the N ain region of north‐central L abrad…
The geoarchaeology and traditional knowledge of winter sod houses in eastern Hudson Bay, Canadian Low Arctic
A multidisciplinary study was undertaken at the Qijurittuq Site (IbGk‐3) on Drayton Island in Low‐Arctic Quebec (Canada) to document the relationships between climatic, environmental, and cultural changes and the choice of Thule/Inuit dwelling style in the eastern Arctic. Several marine terraces were 14 C‐dated with shells in order to reconstruct the area's uplift (glacioisostatic rebound) curve. Plant macrofossil analysis of peat was conducted t…
The Qijurittuq site (IbGk-3), Eastern Hudson Bay
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 110(2):227–243, 2010 An interdisciplinary study was conducted at Qijurittuq (IbGk-3), an archaeological site located on Drayton Island along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, Nunavik. Local Inuit made important contributions to the research. High school students participated in the field school, and elders shared their traditional knowledge. The elders expressed an interest in the source of the woo…
Palaeoecology of a palsa and a filled thermokarst pond in a permafrost peatland, subarctic Québec, Canada
Radiocarbon dating and macrofossil data from a palsa and a filled thermokarst pond within a subarctic permafrost peatland were used to reconstruct their evolution and to distinguish between allogenic and autogenic processes that had been involved in their development. Peat began to accumulate in the peatland basin shortly after 6000 cal. BR The initial stage was a shallow bay or a salty marsh, followed by a wet marsh triggered by a relatively rap…
Napâttuit
In Nunatsiavut, recent studies have shown that major changes to forest tundra ecosystems have occurred over the past two centuries, including a shift in the abundance and range of tree/shrub species. Although this trend could be due to the highly variable climate of this period, we should also consider anthropogenic factors, such as wood harvesting, when conducting ecological studies of forest dynamics. Based on a literature review, interviews, a…
Inuit knowledge and use of wood resources on the west coast of Nunavik, Canada
Driftwood and shrubs are the primary wood resources available in most areas of coastal Nunavik. Today, they are mainly used as fuel for campfires, but historically they were very important for the ancestors of present-day Inuit. This article documents Inuit traditional knowledge about the origin, availability, gathering, and exploitation of wood resources in this region located in the Low Arctic and the Subarctic. Interviews were conducted with 2…
Palaeoeskimo site burial by solifluction
The geoarchaeological study of the Palaeoeskimo Tayara site on Qikirtaq Island (Nunavik) has led to a better understanding of archaeological site formation in the arctic periglacial environment. The surrounding geomorphology (extra‐site) is characterized by fine‐grained, low plastic and leached postglacial glaciomarine sediments that have been reworked by sheet‐like solifluction. This process buried the northern part of the Tayara site with mean …
Paaliup Qarmangit 1 site geoarchaeology
A multidisciplinary geoarchaeological investigation was performed at Paaliup Qarmangit 1 site (JjGj‐14), located in a valley affected by periglacial processes in Nunavik, Canada. A taphonomic approach was carried out to document site formation processes on the site of a single‐family semi‐subterranean winter Thule‐Inuit house. Off‐site geomorphological and stratigraphical analyses enabled us to reconstruct the sedimentary environment in the valle…
A geochemical analysis of 18th-century Inuit communal house floors in northern Labrador
Micromorphological Analyses of Inuit Communal Sod Houses in Northern Labrador, Canada
As part of ongoing multidisciplinary research at Uivak Point (HjCl‐09) and Oakes Bay 1 (HeCg‐8) in Labrador, Canada, undisturbed soil samples were collected in order to document archaeological sediments and examine anthropogenic processes within Inuit sod houses through soil micromorphology. These structures consist of multifamily winter dwellings used in Labrador and Greenland, which have been variously associated with Inuit social changes follo…
A 550-Year Record of the Disturbance History of White Spruce Forests Near Two Inuit Settlements in Labrador, Canada
We assessed historical variations in environmental parameters affecting tree growth during the last 550 years in north-central Labrador, Canada, using dendroecological analysis of white spruce forests near two Inuit settlements. Tree surveys of both modern and archaeological wood samples provided data for dendroecological analysis of growth patterns and natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes and enabled more-refined dendrochronological dat…
Le haut marais de l’Isle-aux-Grues
Synonymes de richesses animales et végétales, les marais de l’estuaire du fleuve Saint-Laurent ont été exploités depuis longtemps, d’abord par les Amérindiens puis par les colons européens. Toutefois, l’industrialisation a entraîné leur destruction : plus de la moitié des milieux humides de l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent a disparu. Dans l’optique du développement durable, cet article a pour but d’explorer la relation géohistorique entre société et e…
Mid-Holocene Hemlock Decline in Eastern North America Linked with Phytophagous Insect Activity
Macrofossil evidence indicates that the mid-Holocene hemlock [ Tsuga canadensis L. (Carr.)] decline that occurred over a wide area in eastern North America was associated with phytophagous insect activity. In situ hemlock macrofossils and insect remains found in a paludified dunefield at the northern limit of hemlock testify that two defoliation events occurred at 4910 ± 90 and 4200 ± 100 yr B.P., respectively. The sharp coincidence of remains fr…
Characterization of the Soil Hydromorphic Conditions in a Paludified Dunefield during the Mid-Holocene Hemlock Decline near Québec City, Québec
The mid-Holocene eastern hemlock [ Tsuga canadensis L. (Carr.)] decline has been recently attributed to the activity of insect defoliators. N. Bihiry and L. Filion, Quaternary Research 45,312–320 (1996). In this study, soil hydromorphic conditions were investigated for the period 6800–3200 yr B.P. using micromorphological data from a peat section from a swale in a paludified dunefield in southern Québec. After a short period of plant colonization…
Macrofossil Record of a Middle Holocene Drop in Relative Sea Level at the St. Lawrence Estuary, Québec
Macrofossil analysis of a peat layer overlying shallow-water estuarine sediments allows the reconstruction of vegetation changes between 7000 and 6000 14 C yr B.P. near Montmagny, Québec. About 7500–7000 14 C yr B.P., the study site was brackish and intertidal. Next, a cattail marsh dominated by Typha changed into a terrestrial fire-prone environment that contained xero-mesophilous tree species ( Pinus / Tsuga ) and lasted a few hundred years, un…
Isolation and water-level fluctuations of Lake Kachishayoot, Northern Québec, Canada
This study combines different methods, including grain size, macrofossil, and pollen analyses, to reconstruct paleogeographical and paleoclimatological conditions for periods before, during, and after the isolation of a small lake (Lake Kachishayoot) in northern Québec. After the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet around 8000 14 C yr B.P., the area was submerged by the Tyrrell Sea. The transition from marine to lacustrine environment occurred ab…
Palaeoecology of a palsa and a filled thermokarst pond in a permafrost peatland, subarctic Québec, Canada
Radiocarbon dating and macrofossil data from a palsa and a filled thermokarst pond within a subarctic permafrost peatland were used to reconstruct their evolution and to distinguish between allogenic and autogenic processes that had been involved in their development. Peat began to accumulate in the peatland basin shortly after 6000 cal. BR The initial stage was a shallow bay or a salty marsh, followed by a wet marsh triggered by a relatively rap…
Peatland development at the arctic tree line (Québec, Canada) influenced by flooding and permafrost
In this study, we documented the Holocene history of a peat plateau at the arctic tree line in northern Québec using stratigraphic and macrofossil analyses to highlight the effects of geomorphic setting in peatland development. Paludification of the site began about 6800 cal yr BP. From 6390 to 4120 cal yr BP, the peatland experienced a series of flooding events. The location of the peatland in a depression bounded by two small lakes likely expla…
Le haut marais de l’Isle-aux-Grues
Synonymes de richesses animales et végétales, les marais de l’estuaire du fleuve Saint-Laurent ont été exploités depuis longtemps, d’abord par les Amérindiens puis par les colons européens. Toutefois, l’industrialisation a entraîné leur destruction : plus de la moitié des milieux humides de l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent a disparu. Dans l’optique du développement durable, cet article a pour but d’explorer la relation géohistorique entre société et e…
Tayara (KbFk-7) et le Dorsétien
Palaeoeskimo site burial by solifluction
The geoarchaeological study of the Palaeoeskimo Tayara site on Qikirtaq Island (Nunavik) has led to a better understanding of archaeological site formation in the arctic periglacial environment. The surrounding geomorphology (extra‐site) is characterized by fine‐grained, low plastic and leached postglacial glaciomarine sediments that have been reworked by sheet‐like solifluction. This process buried the northern part of the Tayara site with mean …
Paleoeskimo site taphonomy
A detailed taphonomic study was undertaken at the Tayara site in order to determine the impact of natural processes such as surface water flow on spatial patterning and site formation. The study focused on Paleoeskimo level II, which contains many lithics and significant faunal remains. Level II integrity was assessed through spatial analysis and by examining the size distribution of lithic artifacts and bone orientation. Experimental knapping ai…
The Qijurittuq site (IbGk-3), Eastern Hudson Bay
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 110(2):227–243, 2010 An interdisciplinary study was conducted at Qijurittuq (IbGk-3), an archaeological site located on Drayton Island along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, Nunavik. Local Inuit made important contributions to the research. High school students participated in the field school, and elders shared their traditional knowledge. The elders expressed an interest in the source of the woo…
The geoarchaeology and traditional knowledge of winter sod houses in eastern Hudson Bay, Canadian Low Arctic
A multidisciplinary study was undertaken at the Qijurittuq Site (IbGk‐3) on Drayton Island in Low‐Arctic Quebec (Canada) to document the relationships between climatic, environmental, and cultural changes and the choice of Thule/Inuit dwelling style in the eastern Arctic. Several marine terraces were 14 C‐dated with shells in order to reconstruct the area's uplift (glacioisostatic rebound) curve. Plant macrofossil analysis of peat was conducted t…
Environmental Change and Terrestrial Resource Use by the T hule and I nuit of L abrador, C anada
The object of this study is to document how the I nuit on the northern coast of L abrador, C anada used terrestrial resources such as peat and wood during the L ittle I ce A ge ( LIA ; A.D. 1500–1870). Paleoecological investigations consisting of pollen and macrofossil analyses were undertaken in conjunction with archaeological excavations at the I nuit winter settlement sites of O akes B ay 1, located in the N ain region of north‐central L abrad…
Napâttuit
In Nunatsiavut, recent studies have shown that major changes to forest tundra ecosystems have occurred over the past two centuries, including a shift in the abundance and range of tree/shrub species. Although this trend could be due to the highly variable climate of this period, we should also consider anthropogenic factors, such as wood harvesting, when conducting ecological studies of forest dynamics. Based on a literature review, interviews, a…
Inuit knowledge and use of wood resources on the west coast of Nunavik, Canada
Driftwood and shrubs are the primary wood resources available in most areas of coastal Nunavik. Today, they are mainly used as fuel for campfires, but historically they were very important for the ancestors of present-day Inuit. This article documents Inuit traditional knowledge about the origin, availability, gathering, and exploitation of wood resources in this region located in the Low Arctic and the Subarctic. Interviews were conducted with 2…
Paleoecological perspectives on landscape history and anthropogenic impacts at Uivak Point, Labrador, since AD 1400
Archaeological and paleoecological investigations were undertaken at Uivak Point (HjCl-09 located in Okak Bay, Labrador), a site that consists of a winter village comprising the ruins of nine sod houses and a number of tent ring, cache, and other structures. The site was occupied during the late 18th to early 19th centuries, although the immediate area has been used by many cultural groups spanning from Labrador’s early prehistory into the 20th c…
Assessing the effects of climate change and land use on northern Labrador forest stands based on paleoecological data
We reconstructed the late Holocene vegetation of the Nain region (northern Labrador, northeastern Canada) in order to assess the influence of climate and historic land use on past shifts in forest composition. Chronostratigraphy was used in combination with macrofossil and pollen data from monoliths sampled from four peatlands. Paleoecological reconstructions produced a vegetation history spanning 4900 years for the Nain region that is largely co…
A geochemical analysis of 18th-century Inuit communal house floors in northern Labrador
Butchering Site Evolution Induced by Past and Recent Snowmelt Runoff
A geoarchaeological study of a unique Inuit site in Nunavik was undertaken in order to document the impact of humans on the Arctic environment. The Saunitarlik archaeological site is located on the Aivirtuuq peninsula near Kangiqsujuaq (Nunavik), and it was used as a butchering site by Inuit in the 19th century. It consists of an open‐air midden containing thousands of bones lying in the bed of an intermittent stream. This study documents the tra…
Micromorphological Analyses of Inuit Communal Sod Houses in Northern Labrador, Canada
As part of ongoing multidisciplinary research at Uivak Point (HjCl‐09) and Oakes Bay 1 (HeCg‐8) in Labrador, Canada, undisturbed soil samples were collected in order to document archaeological sediments and examine anthropogenic processes within Inuit sod houses through soil micromorphology. These structures consist of multifamily winter dwellings used in Labrador and Greenland, which have been variously associated with Inuit social changes follo…
Géoarchéologie de maisons multifamiliales inuit de la période de contact au Labrador
Afin de documenter davantage la configuration interne de maisons multifamiliales inuit du Labrador et l'impact anthropique de leur occupation sur la matrice sédimentaire, une combinaison d'analyses micromorphologiques et géochimiques a été mise en oeuvre dans l'étude de trois habitations multifamiliales situées sur les sites archéologiques d'Oakes Bay-1 et d'Uivak Point 1. À l'issue des analyses, plusieurs indicateurs anthropiques associés à l'oc…
A 550-Year Record of the Disturbance History of White Spruce Forests Near Two Inuit Settlements in Labrador, Canada
We assessed historical variations in environmental parameters affecting tree growth during the last 550 years in north-central Labrador, Canada, using dendroecological analysis of white spruce forests near two Inuit settlements. Tree surveys of both modern and archaeological wood samples provided data for dendroecological analysis of growth patterns and natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes and enabled more-refined dendrochronological dat…
Development of a subarctic peatland linked to slope dynamics at Lac Wiyâshâkimî (Nunavik, Canada)
A palaeoecological study of a subarctic minerotrophic peatland was undertaken to reconstruct the formation of the site as an archive of slope geomorphological processes. The study peatland is located about 400 m from Caribou slope (unofficial name) on Lepage Island, Lac Wiyâshâkimî, Nunavik (northern Québec, Canada). The site is close to the lakeshore and receives runoff directly from Caribou slope and its catchment. Gravity processes have been a…
Paaliup Qarmangit 1 site geoarchaeology
A multidisciplinary geoarchaeological investigation was performed at Paaliup Qarmangit 1 site (JjGj‐14), located in a valley affected by periglacial processes in Nunavik, Canada. A taphonomic approach was carried out to document site formation processes on the site of a single‐family semi‐subterranean winter Thule‐Inuit house. Off‐site geomorphological and stratigraphical analyses enabled us to reconstruct the sedimentary environment in the valle…
A geochemical investigation of an Early Inuit semi-subterranean winter dwelling in a periglacial context
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