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i'm going to have to do a lot of research on these people.

i'm curious about the relationship between the thule and the aleut, if any.

Gringo300 16:22, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

From Classic Thule

Thule people depended largely on whaling not only for food but also for building materials and artifacts. Most of the groups lived in Semi-Subterranean houses built of Stone, sod, and whale bones. In the summer Thule moved out of the area and camped in skin tents. These societies remained in contact, even though their communities were very scattered. They even exchanged raw materials. Metals became one of the most popularly traded items used for projectile points and knife blades. This spurred the so called “epi-metallurgy” which is “a technology where metal was not smelted, but used and reused Norse or meteorite iron or natural copper as knife blades, engraving tips, and similar tools” (McCartney 1988 in Fagan 2005). Metal was also able to reduce large bones, antler and wood fragments to finished tools, boat frames and other artifacts. According to McCartney, trade was controlled by the heads of families and the captains of whaling boats. While they had some of the best hunting technology, they had modest artistic ability Whales were very important for heating, lighting, and cooking. The bowhead whale supplied so much meat and blubber that it overshadowed other resources Caribou, walrus, seals, and fish were eaten outside of the whaling areas.

Fagan, Brian. 2005 Ancient North America. Thames and Hudson, London.

If anything useful remains, can be merged into this article. Rmhermen 00:08, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"...the Thule communities broke apart and the people were henceforward known as the Eskimo and, later, Inuit." Does this mean that the communities broke apart, but the people in them survived? Also, saying that they were then known as the Eskimo or Inuit makes it sound like all Eskimos and Inuit descend from these people, rather than -- as I suspect the writer meant -- that they were simply absorbed into the Eskimo/Inuit label. 24.159.255.29 04:12, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

pronunciation

Thule is an English (& European) word, so I'm changing to the English pronuciation per the OED. kwami 00:58, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CE/AD

Since all the maps use AD I thought it made since to use AD in the article too. 70.50.52.144 (talk) 23:00, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

Support, definitely merge Thule Tradition into this article. -Uyvsdi (talk) 01:46, 5 February 2014 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

Done. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 17:49, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Where did they live before 200 BC?

They must have migrated eastward from somewhere further west. Did they cross the Bering Strait much later than previous waves of migrants? Grandma Roses (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

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Has pic, short paragraph, needs lengthy expansion; no language article possible --Skookum1 (12 May 06)

Has been expanded slightly since then, but still needs a great deal of expansion --Miskwito 21:04, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 21:04, 1 August 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 08:42, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Are the yupik descendent from thule people or not?

since eskimo means yupiks and inuits, it's important to know if both of those people are descendent of the thules or not

2001:660:4701:6001:EC45:21B2:D9E3:D3B0 (talk) 08:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]