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The Three Phases Of Pre-Dorset Culture

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There are three phases of Dorset culture. Early Dorset which was from ca. 2500 B.P.-2000 B.P. (Ryan 2012:44). There is debate whether this phase is a terminal phase of Pre-Dorset rather than Dorset, though the consensus today is that it is part of Dorset (Ryan 2012:44-45). Middle Dorset which was from ca. 2000 B.P.-1500 B.P. (Ryan 2012:45). This period is linked with abandonment of the higher arctic for preference of subarctic and coastal geography. This is thought to be due to “climatic cooling that occurred at the start if the Dorset era and culminated in an episode of extreme cold at circa 2100 B.P.” (Ryan 2012:45). Late Dorset is from ca. 1400 B.P.-500 B.P., in which there was an eventual disappearance of the culture (Ryan 2012). This

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