Brooman Point Village

Based on archeological finds, Brooman Point Village (75°46′N; 99°47′W), an extension of the Gregory Peninsula on the eastern coast of Bathurst Island in Nunavut territory, Canada, was both a Late Dorset culture Paleoeskimo village as well as an Early Thule culture village.cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001033 |title=Brooman Point Village |author=Robert McGhee |publisher=thecanadianencyclopedia.com |accessdate=2007-11-09] Both the artifacts and the architecture, specifically longhouses, are considered important historical remains of the two cultures. [cite web |url=http://www.erudit.org/revue/etudinuit/2003/v27/n1-2/010803ar.html |title=The Dorset culture longhouse at Brooman Point, Nunavut |author=Robert W. Park |publisher=erudit.org |accessdate=2007-11-09]

History

The Dorset people inhabited the Brooman Point Village around 2000 BC to 1 AD. When they abandoned the central High Arctic site, they left behind stone boxes as well as many carvings depicting humans and animals. [cite web |url=http://www.erudit.org/revue/etudinuit/2003/v27/n1-2/010801ar.html |title=Variability and change in Palaeo-Eskimo architecture: a view from the Canadian High Arctic |author=Patricia Sutherland |publisher=erudit.org |date=2003 |accessdate=2007-11-09]

The Thule people lived in Brooman Point Village from about 900 to 1200 AD. They built their village atop the abandoned Dorset remains. Thule walls were made of whale bones that incorporated Dorset wood, ivory and antler carvings. The walls rested on large porticos. Roofs were shed-like: flat or with a slight slope. Some buildings included a small kitchen. [cite web |url=http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:bzAs59AAfXoJ:pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic55-2-167.pdf+brooman+point&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=11&gl=us |title=Aspects of Early Thule culture as seen in the architecture of a site on Victoria Island, Amundsen Gulf area |author=Jean-Francois Le Mouel |co-author=Maryke Le Mouel |date=2000-02-28 |publisher=Arctic |accessdate=2007-11-09] When the Thules left the area, the Dorset artifacts were preserved by permafrost within the Dorset structures, to be discovered by modern day archeologists. [cite web |url=http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:nGD2imJ4weQJ:pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic55-4-345.pdf+brooman+point&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us |title=Aberrant radiocarbon dates on an Inuit arrowhead |author-D. Erle Nelson |co-author=Robert McGhee |date=2001-07-26 |publisher=Arctic |accessdate=2007-11-09]

References

Further reading

* McGhee, Robert. "The Thule Village at Brooman Point, High Arctic Canada". [Ottawa] : National Museums of Canada, 1984.
* National Museum of Man (Canada). 1984. "Signs and Symbols of an Ancient People The Dorset Eskimos of Brooman Point".

External links

* [http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/brooman/52.htm Brooman Point by Archaeological Survey of Canada]
** [http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/brooman/52f3e.html Photo, archaeological excavation]
** [http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/brooman/52f2e.html Map showing Boorman Point location on Bathurst Island in the Arctic]
** [http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/brooman/52f6e.html Antler carving]
** [http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/brooman/52f5e.html Bear figures] and [http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/brooman/52f1e.htm another bear figure]