Ancient people of the Arctic / Robert McGhee.
Ancient people of the Arctic / Robert McGhee.
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Publisher
Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c1996.
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N971.901/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 244 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. A People of the Imagination -- 2. Eskimo History --3. An Asiatic People in America -- 4. The People of the Muskox Way -- 5. The Great Exploration -- 6. When the Climate Changes -- 7. How an Arctic Culture Was Transformed -- 8. The Dorset People -- 9. Lost Visions -- 10. Encounters and Isolation -...
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Publisher
Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c1996.
Place of Publication
British Columbia
Date Published
c1996.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The Palaeo-Eskimos have left far more than the hundreds of pieces of art recovered by archaeologists and the evidence of human ingenuity and endurance on the perimeter of the habitable world. Their most valuable legacy lies in the realization that these two things occurred together and were part of the same phenomenon. They provide an example of li...
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Ancient people of the Arctic / Robert McGhee.
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Notes
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Includes index.
Bibliography : p. [235]-237.
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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N971.901/1
Record Identifier
74VvD7vARjQd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvD7vARjQd
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ISBN
0774806311 (pbk)
9780774805537 (hbk)
0774805536 (hbk)
9780774806312 (pbk)
DDC
971.901
MMS ID
991004907799702626
