Peoples of the northwest coast : their archaeology and prehistory
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Peoples of the northwest coast : their archaeology and prehistory
Thames and Hudson, c1999
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Bibliography: p. 268-283
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
America's Northwest Coast is one of the rich and distinct cultural area, extending some 1400 miles from Alaska to northern California. The region is famous for its art - masks, totem poles and woven blankets - produced by the ancient world's most politically and economically complex hunters and gatherers. This account reveals the history of settlement on the Northwest Coast over 11,000 years, describing how these ancient peoples survived by salmon fishing, building wooden houses and canoes, developing fortresses, and the bow and arrow.
Table of Contents
- Ecology - environments and demography
- the first inhabitants of the Northwest Coast
- the Pacific and modern periods
- Northwest Coast subsistence
- households and beyond
- status and ritual
- warfare
- Northwest Coast art.
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