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Cet article présente les résultats de 36 nouvelles datations au radiocarbone obtenues pour déterminer si les sites Pita (KcFr-5) et Ohituk (KcFr-3A) d’Ivujivik font partie de la période dite de transition entre le Prédorsétien et le Dorsétien, tel que conclu lors de recherches antérieures, ou représentent des occupations lors des périodes correspondant à ces deux cultures. En considérant ces datations et celles obtenues auparavant, il apparaît que ces sites furent effectivement occupés entre 800 et 400 av. J.-C. Toutefois, le site Pita a surtout été visité pendant la période prédorsétienne et une de ses datations est la plus ancienne obtenue jusqu’ici pour le Nunavik. Quant au site Ohituk, il fut aussi occupé pendant toute la période dorsétienne. Les datations des deux sites couvrant plus de trois millénaires, force est de constater que les vestiges archéologiques proviennent d’un palimpseste d’occupations et ne représentent pas une période de transition.
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This article presents the results of 36 new radiocarbon dates obtained to determine whether the Pita (KcFr-5) and Ohituk (KcFr-3A) sites of Ivujivik belong to the so-called Pre-Dorset/Dorset transition period, as concluded from previous research, or represent occupations during periods corresponding to either culture. Taking into consideration these dates and those obtained earlier, it appears that the sites were indeed occupied between 800 and 400 BC. However, the Pita site was mainly visited during the Pre-Dorset period and one of its dates is the oldest one obtained so far for Nunavik. As for the Ohituk site, it was occupied throughout the Dorset period. Because the dates from both sites cover a period of over three millennia, it is concluded that the archaeological remains come from a palimpsest of occupations and cannot represent a transition period.
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