Ancient people of the Arctic

著者

• McGhee, Robert

書誌事項

Ancient people of the Arctic

Robert McGhee

UBC Press, 2001, c1996

• : pbk

注記

"Published in association with the Canadian Museum of Civilization"

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Ancient People of the Arctic traces the lives of the Palaeo-Eskimos, the bold first explorers of the Arctic. Four thousand years ago, these people entered the far northern extremes of the North American continent, carving a living out of their bleak new homeland. From the hints they left behind, accessible only through the fragmented archaeological record, Robert McGhee ingeniously reconstructs a picture of this life at the margins. He discusses how the Palaeo-Eskimos spread across the entire Arctic, explains how they dealt with sharp climate changes that drastically altered their environment, offers glimpses into their spiritual practices and world view, and speculates about their eventual demise.

目次

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 11 The End of the Dorset World

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC05120562
• ISBN:
  • 0774808543
• 出版国コード: cn
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Vancouver
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 244 p., [16] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : E99.E7
  • DC21 : 971.9/01
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Dorset culture
  • LCSH : Inuit -- Antiquities
  • LCSH : Paleo-Indians -- Canada, Northern -- Antiquities
  • LCSH : Archaeology -- Canada, Northern
  • LCSH : Canada, Northern -- Antiquities