Iqaluktuuq

Pre-Dorset — 1800 to 500 BC

The earliest settlement of Iqaluktuuq was by Pre-Dorset people around 1800 BC (almost 4000 years ago). At this time, Iqaluktuuq was not yet a river – sea levels were much higher, and Pre-Dorset people settled on a series of small islands where they hunted seals and caribou. Pre-Dorset people left thousands of stone tools which they manufactured while living at these sites. We have not found any Pre-Dorset living structures, although they must have lived in skin tents for much of the year.

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