Out of the Cold: Archaeology on the Arctic Rim of North America (SAA Current Perspectives)

Mason, Owen K.; Friesen, T. Max

ISBN 10: 093283955X ISBN 13: 9780932839558

Published by Society for American Archaeology (edition ), 2018

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The Arctic rim of North America presents one of the most daunting environments for humans. Cold and austere, it is lacking in plants but rich in marine mammals-primarily the ringed seal, walrus, and bowhead whale. In this book in the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series, the authors track the history of cultural innovations in the Arctic and Subarctic for the past 12,000 years, including the development of sophisticated architecture, watercraft, fur clothing, hunting technology, and worldviews. Climate change is linked to many of the successes and failures of its inhabitants; warming or cooling periods led to periods of resource abundance or collapse, and in several instances to long-distance migrations. At its western and eastern margins, the Arctic also experienced the impact of Asian and European world systems, from that of the Norse in the East to the Russians in the Bering Strait.

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Title: Out of the Cold: Archaeology on the Arctic ...
Publisher: Society for American Archaeology (edition )
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good

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