Pre-Dorset
/priːˈdɔːsɪt/Archaeol.
adjective
Of or relating to the culture of the first aboriginal occupants of the Canadian Arctic, 2400–900 b.c., derived from Siberian Neolithic antecedents and utilizing chipped stone burins, bifacial tools, and simple toggling harpoons.
noun
The pre-Dorset period or culture.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in American Antiquities. From pre- + Dorset.