Western Elements in the Early Thule Culture of the Eastern High Arctic

ARCTIC ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schledermann ◽  
Karen M. McCullough

Excavations of Thule culture winter sites in the Bache Peninsula region on the east coast of Ellesmere Island have yielded a number of finds which indicate a strong relationship to cultural developments in the Bering Sea region. Specific elements under discussion include dwelling styles, clay pottery, needle cases, a brow band and harpoon heads. Evidence is presented suggesting an initial arrival of the Thule culture Inuit in the eastern Arctic around 1050 A.D.

Author(s):  
A.K. Jasim ◽  
A.R. Brand

The horse-mussel Modiolus modiolus (L.) is a bivalve molluse inhabiting coastal marine environments down to about 200 m, where it may occur in very large communities (Wiborg, 1946; Tebble, 1966; Comely, 1978). It can also be found low in the intertidal zone where it lives in rock pools or in the hold-fasts of Laminaria (Wilson, 1977; Davenport & Kjørsvik, 1982). It is a boreal species. In the Atlantic it ranges from the White Sea to the Bay of Biscay, off Iceland, the Faroes and down the east coast of North America to North Carolina. In the Pacific it occurs from the Bering Sea to Japan and California (Wiborg, 1946). Comparatively little work has been done on Modiolus modiolus, probably because it is of little commercial importance and lives predominantly subtidally in relatively inaccessible environments.


1976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan K. Cooper ◽  
K.A. Bailey ◽  
M. S. Marlow ◽  
D. W. Scholl ◽  
C.E. Carpenter

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Cooper ◽  
M. S. Marlow ◽  
Thomas O'Brien

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-190
Author(s):  
A.W. Jankowski

Terebellids in tidal zone of the Bering Island bear three new symbionts - rhabdophryid suctorians, peritrichs with small rosette-like colonies and aspidiscid hypotrich with a long peristome parallel to left body margin. This is the main feature of a new subgenus of the genus Aspidisca, named Simbiodisca. It may deserve the full generic rank if the use of protargol silvering method will not reveal any upper left rudiment of the peristomal membranelles.


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