NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Stenton, Douglas R.
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1991
Summary: In this third season of the project, the researchers will collect information on summer and autumn land use on southern Baffin Island during the late prehistoric period. Information collected will include data on travel routes that people followed to interior hunting and fishing grounds, characteristics of the campsites and information on family/party size....

Principal Investigator: Morrison, David
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: The researcher will excavate two closely-allied sites, the Rita-Claire and Bison Skull sites, in order to examine the history and economy of pre-contact Inuvialuit. Licence issued for use of Inuvik Research Centre....

Principal Investigator: Fitzhugh, William
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992 1991 1990
Summary: The 1992 season will continue excavations at historic period Inuit sites occupied at the time of the Frobisher voyages and later, to determine the amount and kinds of contacts made with the Frobisher group and its impact on Inuit culture change. Studies will also be made of prehistory Inuit sites of the Pre-Dorset and Dorset cultures. Studies will determine the impact of coastal subsidence that ...

Principal Investigator: Stenton, Douglas R.
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1991
Summary: The researchers will engage in field training for northern post-secondary students enrolled in Arctic College's Environmental Technology Program. This will provide northern students and other interested individuals opportunities to become actively involved in the investigation of eastern Arctic Inuit culture through a community-based project....

Principal Investigator: Stenton, Douglas R.
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: As part of the Environmental Technology Program of Arctic College this work will attempt to integrate Euro-Canadian science with Inuit traditional knowledge. The Peterhead Inlet site provides a context in which students/participants gain experience in the fundamentals of data analysis and recovery while exploring a diverse range of research topics....

Principal Investigator: Plumet, Patrick
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: Inspection of diggings done under license number 2019 (1976) and some limited digging on coastal islands as a continuation of the study of ancient climates, ancient Inuit land use and settlement patterns....