The Oxford handbook of the prehistoric Arctic /

The Oxford handbook of the prehistoric Arctic /

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Imprint:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Oxford handbooks online
Oxford handbooks online.
Subject:
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arctic regions.
Arctic peoples -- Antiquities.
Arctic peoples -- History.
Arctic regions -- Antiquities.
Arctic regions -- History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11009058
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Varying Form of Title:Prehistoric Arctic
Other authors / contributors:Friesen, T. Max, 1961- editor.
Mason, Owen K., editor.
ISBN:9780199983209 (ebook) : No price
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 1, 2016).
Summary:The North American Arctic was one of the last regions on Earth to be settled by humans, due to its extreme climate, limited range of resources, and remoteness from populated areas. Despite these factors, it holds a rich and complex history relating to Inuit, IÞupiat, Inuvialuit, Yupik, and Aleut peoples and their ancestors. The artifacts, dwellings, and food remains of these ancient peoples are remarkably well preserved due to cold temperatures and permafrost, allowing archaeologists to reconstruct their lifeways with great accuracy. Furthermore, the combination of modern Elders' traditional knowledge with the region's high-resolution ethnographic record allows past peoples' lives to be reconstructed to a level simply not possible elsewhere. Combined, these factors yield an archaeological record of global significance and the Arctic provides ideal case studies.
Other form:Print version : 9780199766956
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Owen Mason, Max Friesen
  • Ancient DNA and Stable Isotopes / Dennis O'Rourke, Justin Tackney, Joan Coltrain, Jennifer Raff
  • Molecular Genetic Evidence from Contemporary Populations for the Origins of Native North Americans / Michael Crawford, Rohina C. Rubicz
  • Reconstructing Middle and Late Holocene Paleoclimates of the Eastern Arctic and Greenland / Sarah Finkelstein
  • Zooarchaeology and the Reconstruction of Ancient Human-Animal Relationships in the Arctic / Matthew Betts
  • Archaeology and Native Northerners / Natasha Lyons
  • A Critical Resource / Claire Alix
  • Arctic Archaeometallurgy / Kory Cooper
  • Contact and Postcontact Iñupiat Ethnohistory / Glenn W. Sheehan, Anne M. Jensen
  • Paleoeskimo Lithic Technology / Mikkel Sørensen, Pierre Desrosiers
  • First Traces / Ben Potter, Ted Goebel
  • First Maritime Cultures of the Aleutians / Richard Davis, Jason Rogers, Richard Knecht
  • Maritime Economies of the Central Gulf of Alaska after 4000 B.P. / Amy Steffian, Patrick Saltonstall, Linda Finn Yarborough
  • The Origins and Development of Arctic Maritime Adaptations in the Subarctic and Arctic Pacific / Ben Fitzhugh
  • Archaeology of the Eastern Aleut Region / Herbert Maschner
  • The Enigmatic Choris and Old Whaling Cultures of the Western Arctic / Christyann Darwent, John Darwent
  • Norton Hunters and Fisherfolk / Don Dumond
  • The Old Bering Sea Florescence about Bering Strait / Owen Mason
  • Thule Origins in the Old Bering Sea Culture / Owen Mason
  • Archaeology of the Late Western Thule/Iñupiat in North Alaska (A.D. 1300-1750) / Anne M. Jensen
  • Development of Mackenzie Inuit Culture / Charles Arnold
  • The Aleutian Tradition / Debra Corbett, Michael Yarborough
  • Independence I and Saqqaq / Bjarne Grønnow
  • Late Dorset / Martin Appelt, Eric Damkjar, Max Friesen
  • The "Dorset Problem" Revisited / Karen Ryan
  • Pre-Dorset culture / Robert Park, S. Brooke Milne
  • Pan-Arctic Population Movements / Max Friesen
  • Classic Thule [Classic Precontact Inuit] / Peter Whitridge
  • Labrador Inuit / James Woollett, Susan Kaplan
  • Development of Polar Inughuit Culture in the Smith Sound Region / Genevieve LeMoine, Christyann Darwent
  • Inuit-European Interactions in Greenland / Hans-Christian Gulløv
  • The Thule-Inuit Succession in the Central Arctic / Peter Dawson
  • Archaeology of the Inuit of Southern Labrador and the Quebec Lower North Shore / William Fitzhugh.

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