Dorset

The Dorset Indian culture was located in Melville Peninsula in present dayCanada. This Indian culture moved into this region in about 2450 years BP. This culture had a niche of a small tool tradition. These Indians produced small and straight projectile points, which they mounted on spears. With these spears they hunted caribou and many other animals found in the region. Even though this culture hunted, they were however, more confined to the shorelines of lakes, rivers, and the sea. The Dorset culture relied on these bodies of water for their food and material supplies. They obtained these materials by using knives and blades to spear fish and other animals in the water. The Dorset culture used the bones from these animal to produce their next year of tools.

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