Inuit Culture - Early Periods of Cultural History

Early Periods of Cultural History

Period I (9000-5000 BCE)

  • Western Arctic
    • Paleo-Arctic Tradition
    • Anangula Tradition

Period II (5000-ca. 2000 BCE)

  • Western Arctic
    • Ocean Bay I
    • Northern Archaic tradition

Period III (ca. 2000-1000 BCE)

  • Western Arctic
    • Takli Culture
    • Arctic Small Tool tradition (spreads eastward)
  • Eastern Arctic
    • Eastern Arctic Small Tool Tradition groups ca. 3000-500 BCE

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