Thule Village at Brooman Point, High Arctic Canada

Thule Village at Brooman Point, High Arctic Canada

Author: Robert McGhee

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1772821195

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Ten of the twenty Thule winter houses at the Brooman Point site, located on the southern tip of a peninsula extending from the eastern coast of Bathurst Island, were excavated in 1979 and 1980, and the description and interpretation of these remains forms the basis of this report.


The Thule Village at Brooman Point, High Arctic Canada

The Thule Village at Brooman Point, High Arctic Canada

Author: Robert McGhee

Publisher: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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The Brooman Point site lies at the southern tip of a peninsula extending from the eastern coast of Bathurst Island, in the central High Arctic. As well as components relating to Pre-Dorset, Early Dorset, and Late Dorset occupations, the site includes the remains of 20 Thule winter houses and associated features. Ten of the houses were excavated in 1979 and 1980. This report describes and interprets these remains, including hunting and fishing equipment, transportation equipment, men's and women's tools, and miscellaneous objects. The report also situates the remains in the context of Thule prehistory.


First Peoples In Canada

First Peoples In Canada

Author: Alan D. McMillan

Publisher: D & M Publishers

Published: 2009-12-01

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1926706846

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First Peoples in Canada provides an overview of all the Aboriginal groups in Canada. Incorporating the latest research in anthropology, archaeology, ethnography and history, this new edition describes traditional ways of life, traces cultural changes that resulted from contacts with the Europeans, and examines the controversial issues of land claims and self-government that now affect Aboriginal societies. Most importantly, this generously illustrated edition incorporates a Nativist perspective in the analysis of Aboriginal cultures.


The Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic

The Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic

Author: T. Max Friesen

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 1001

ISBN-13: 0199766959

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Despite its extreme climate, the North American Arctic holds a complex archaeological record of global significance. In this volume, leading researchers provide comprehensive coverage of the region's cultural history, addressing issues as diverse as climate change impacts on human societies, European colonial expansion, and hunter-gatherer adaptations and social organization.


Bringing Back the Past

Bringing Back the Past

Author: Pamela Jane Smith

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1772821527

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Over the past century and a half, Canadian archaeology rehabilitated large portions of a history once thought to be lost beyond recovery. This book is among the first to document and analyze the growth of archaeology in Canada.


Arctic Archaeology

Arctic Archaeology

Author: Peter Rowley-Conwy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 113511871X

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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.


Exploring Atlantic Transitions

Exploring Atlantic Transitions

Author: Peter Edward Pope

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1843838591

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Current approaches to the archaeological understanding of permanence and transience in the early modern period, Can we approach European expansion to the Americas and elsewhere without colonial triumphalism? A research strategy which automatically treats early establishments overseas as embryonic colonies produces predictable results: in retrospect, some were, some were not. The approach reflected in the essays collected here does not exclude an interest in colonialism as an enduring practice, but the focus of the volume is population mobility and stability. Post-medieval archaeology has much to contribute to our understanding of the gradual drift of ordinary people - the cast of thousands, anonymous or almost-forgotten behind the famous names of history. The main concern of the articles here is the post-medieval expansion of the English-speaking world to North America, particularly Newfoundland and the Chesapeake, but the volume includes perspectives on Ireland and New France also. While most attend to the movement of Europeans, interactions with Native peoples, using the Labrador Inuit as a case study, are not neglected. PETER E. POPE was University Research Professor and former Head of the Department of Archaeology at Memorial University in St John's, Newfoundland; SHANNON LEWIS-SIMPSON researches aspects of cultural identity and interaction in the Viking-Age North Atlantic. She lectures part-time at Memorial University. Contributors: Eliza Brandy, Mark Brisbane, Amanda Crompton, Bruno Fajal, Amelia Fay, David Gaimster, Mark Gardiner, Barry Gaulton, William Gilbert, Audrey Horning, Carter C. Hudgins, Silas Hurry, Evan Jones, Neil Kennedy, Eric Klingelhofer, Hannah E.C. Koon, Brad Loewen, Nicholas Luccketti, James Lyttleton, Tânia Manuel Casimiro, Paula Marcoux, Natascha Mehler, Greg Mitchell, Sarah Newstead, Stéphane Noël, Jeff Oliver, Steven E. Pendery, Peter E. Pope, Peter Ramsden, Lisa Rankin, Amy St John, Beverley Straube, Eric Tourigny, James A. Tuck, Giovanni Vitelli,


Incorporating Nonbinary Gender into Inuit Archaeology

Incorporating Nonbinary Gender into Inuit Archaeology

Author: Meghan Walley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-27

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0429590148

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Incorporating Nonbinary Gender into Inuit Archaeology: Oral Testimony and Material Inroads explores gender diversity in precontact Inuit history. By combining evidence from interviews with re-examinations of previously excavated archaeological collections, it challenges binary narratives and creates an allowance for diverse narratives around gender to emerge. This work approaches a wide range of ethnographic and archaeological sources with a critical eye, opening up a dialogue between queer Indigenous studies, LGBTQ2+ Inuit, and archaeology in order to question normative colonial narratives about Indigenous pasts while providing concrete examples of how researchers can begin to let go of rigid assumptions. In this way the reader is encouraged to explore novel perspectives and think beyond boxes to understand gender complexity in precontact Inuit culture. This book has been written for a wide academic audience, particularly those interested in queer archaeologies, archaeologies of gender, decolonial archaeologies, and indigenous archaeologies, and oral history.


Marking the Land

Marking the Land

Author: William A Lovis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-26

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1317361164

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Marking the Land investigates how hunter-gatherers use physical landscape markers and environmental management to impose meaning on the spaces they occupy. The land is full of meaning for hunter-gatherers. Much of that meaning is inherent in natural phenomena, but some of it comes from modifications to the landscape that hunter-gatherers themselves make. Such alterations may be intentional or unintentional, temporary or permanent, and they can carry multiple layers of meaning, ranging from practical signs that provide guidance and information through to less direct indications of identity or abstract, highly symbolic signs of sacred or ceremonial significance. This volume investigates the conditions which determine the investment of time and effort in physical landscape marking by hunter-gatherers, and the factors which determine the extent to which these modifications are symbolically charged. Considering hunter-gatherer groups of varying sociocultural complexity and scale, Marking the Land provides a systematic consideration of this neglected aspect of hunter-gatherer adaptation and the varied environments within which they live.