Foragers of Point Hope (eBook, ePUB)

The Biology and Archaeology of Humans on the Edge of the Alaskan Arctic
Redaktion: Hilton, Charles E.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, above the Arctic Circle, the prehistoric settlements at Point Hope, Alaska, represent a truly remarkable accomplishment in human biological and cultural adaptations. Presenting a set of anthropological analyses on the human skeletal remains and cultural material from the Ipiutak and Tigara archaeological sites, The Foragers of Point Hope sheds new light on the excavations from 1939-41, which provided one of the largest sets of combined biological and cultural materials of northern latitude peoples in the world. A range of material items indicated successful human foraging strategies in this harsh Arctic environment. They also yielded enigmatic artifacts indicative of complex human cultural life filled with dense ritual and artistic expression. These remnants of past human activity contribute to a crucial understanding of past foraging lifeways and offer important insights into the human condition at the extreme edges of the globe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139985178
• Artikelnr.: 53005586

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction:
humans on the edge of the Alaskan Arctic Charles E. Hilton, Benjamin M.
Auerbach and Libby W. Cowgill; Part I. Regional Archaeological and
Biological Context: 2. The archaeology of north Alaska: Point Hope in
context Anne M. Jensen; 3. The Ipiutak cult of Shamans and its warrior
protectors: an archaeological context Owen K. Mason; 4. Ancestor-descendant
affinities between the Ipiutak and Tigara at Point Hope, AK in the context
of North American Arctic cranial variation Blaine Maley; Part II.
Biological Variation among the Foragers of Point Hope: 5. Contrasting of
the Ipiutak and Tigara: evidence from incisor microwear texture analysis
Kristin L. Krueger; 6. The diets of the Ipiutak and Tigara (Point Hope,
Alaska): evidence from occlusal molar microwear texture analysis Sireen El
Zaatari; 7. Postcranial pathological lesions in precontact Ipiutak and
Tigara skeletal remains of Point Hope, Alaska Charles E. Hilton, Marsha D.
Ogilvie, Megan Latchaw Czarniecki and Sarah Gossett; 8. Bone strength and
subsistence activities at Point Hope Laura L. Shackelford; 9. Postcranial
growth and development of immature skeletons from Point Hope, Alaska Libby
W. Cowgill; Part III. Contexts, Conclusions and Commentaries: 10.
Morphologies from the edge: perspectives on biological variation among the
Late Holocene inhabitants of the northwestern North American Arctic
Benjamin M. Auerbach; 11. The Ipiutak spirit-scape: an archaeological
phenomenon William W. Fitzhugh; 12. Point Hope in certain contexts: a
comment Don E. Dumond; References; Index.