Dorset2

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːsɪt/

noun

[usually as modifier] Archaeology
  • a prehistoric culture which flourished in the American Arctic during the 1st millennium ad and was displaced by the Thule culture: Dorset sites are bigger than their pre-Dorset counterparts

Origin:

1930s: from the name of Cape Dorset, Baffin Island