
- 180 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Arctic Archaeology
About this book
Examining human occupation of the arctic and subarctic zones, irrespective of place and time, this book explores a wide variety of fascinating areas and inhabitants along several points in history. Beautifully illustrated, Arctic Archaeology is essential reading for all those curious about how organisms survived in this life threatening environment.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Series page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction Human occupation of the Arctic
- Sea mammal hunters of Chukotka, Bering Strait Recent archaeological results and problems
- Living in the Narrows Subsistence economy and culture change in Labrador Inuit society during the contact period
- From chiefly provisioning to commercial fishery Long-term economic change in Arctic Norway
- Prehistory of Newfoundland1 hunter-gatherers Extinctions or adaptations?
- Ancient humans in Eurasian Arctic ecosystems Environmental dynamics and changing subsistence
- Thule Eskimo bowhead whale interception strategies
- New adaptive strategies in the Saqqaq culture of Greenland, c. 1600–1400 bc
- Local heroes. The long-term effects of short-term prosperity – an example from the Canadian Arctic
- Northeast Asia in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene
- Aleutian Island prehistory Living in insular extremes
- List of Contributors
- Notes to contributors
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