Inuit history: climatic change and historical connections in Arctic Canada AD 1000-1900

This endeavour provides a historical critique of the stereotypical view of traditional Inuit society and culture as isolated, static, and influenced solely by processes of adaptation to environmental change; and o to clarify the process through which environmental change has influenced the social and cultural development of Arctic societies over the past 1000 years, and the implications of these findings for understanding potential responses to future episodes of climatically driven environmental change.

In order to attain these objectives, the Inuit History project coordinates the work and findings of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental researchers working in collaboration with northern communities, in order to address these objectives. It is organized as four sub-projects. 1) Helluland Archaeology Project 2) High Arctic Thule Project 3) Banks Island (Beaufort Sea) Archaeological Research Project 4) Archaeology/Palaeolimnology Project.