Thule

Examples of Thule in the following topics:

• Inuit Art

  • Inuit culture begins with the Pre-Dorset cultures as far back as 4000 BCE, and spans through the Thule cultures of 1000 CE until present day.
  • By the thirteenth or fourteenth century, the Thule had occupied an area currently inhabited by the Central Inuit, and by the fifteenth century, the Thule had fully replaced the Dorset culture.
  • All of the Thule objects were made by hand from natural materials, including stone, bone, ivory, antler, and animal hides.
  • A Thule site in Resolute Bay, Nunavut contains an example of a home whose frame used whale bones.
  • Differentiate between the Pre-Dorset, Dorset, Ipiutak, and Thule cultures of North America.