Brooman Point Village
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Based on archeological finds, Brooman Point Village is an abandoned village in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
, Canada
. It is located in the central High Arctic
on a point of the Gregory Peninsula, part of the eastern coast of Bathurst Island
. Brooman was both a Late Dorset culture
Paleoeskimo village as well as an Early Thule culture
village. Both the artifacts and the architecture, specifically longhouses, are considered important historical remains of the two cultures.
The Thule people lived in Brooman 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. When the Thules left the area, the Dorset artifacts were preserved by permafrost within the Dorset structures, to be discovered by modern day archeologists.
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is located in the central High Arctic
Arctic
The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
on a point of the Gregory Peninsula, part of the eastern coast of Bathurst Island
Bathurst Island
A member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Bathurst Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Nunavut Territory, Canada. The area of the island is estimated at , making it the 54th largest island in the world and Canada's 13th largest island. It is uninhabited.The island is low-lying with...
. Brooman was both a Late Dorset culture
Dorset culture
The Dorset culture was a Paleo-Eskimo culture that preceded the Inuit culture in Arctic North America. It has been defined as having four phases, with distinct technology related to the people's hunting and tool making...
Paleoeskimo village as well as an Early Thule culture
Thule people
The Thule or proto-Inuit were the ancestors of all modern Inuit. They developed in coastal Alaska by AD 1000 and expanded eastwards across Canada, reaching Greenland by the 13th century. In the process, they replaced people of the earlier Dorset culture that had previously inhabited the region...
village. Both the artifacts and the architecture, specifically longhouses, are considered important historical remains of the two cultures.
History
The Dorset people inhabited Brooman around 2000 BC to 1 AD. When they abandoned the locality, they left behind stone boxes as well as many carvings depicting humans and animals.The Thule people lived in Brooman 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. When the Thules left the area, the Dorset artifacts were preserved by permafrost within the Dorset structures, to be discovered by modern day archeologists.
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