People of Sunlight: People of Starlight : Barrenland Archaeology in the Northwest Territories of Canada (Mercury Series) - Softcover
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A legacy of ancient campsites and artifacts chronicle peoples of the Canadian Barrenlands who followed the Beverly caribou herd for the last 8,000 years. Archaeologist Bryan Gordon integrates over 20 years of field and laboratory research in his discussion of hunters and herds. He analyzes and compares over 13,000 arifacts representing 1,000 hunting camps of four major archaeological traditions. Exploring reasons for seasonal tool variation and similarity, he incorporates geological, biological, and historical influences upon caribou hunters. Photographs bring to life the artifacts and environments of archaeology on the Barrens. Maps illustrate treeline shifts and continuity of site locations through time.
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Bryan C. Gordon is Curator of Northwest Territories Archaeology (Keewatin) at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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People of Sunlight and Starlight: Barrenland Archaeology in the Northwest Territories of Canada (Mercury Series Paper (Archaeological Survey of Canada), 154)
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Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1996
ISBN 10: 0660159635
ISBN 13: 9780660159638
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 28 cm, v, 332 pages ill., maps, appendices, ref., bibl., glossary, index. Hunters in the range of the Beverly caribou herd of the Northwest Territories have been dependent on & influenced by seasonal migrations for 8,000 years, as confirmed by historic & prehistoric evidence. This study is based on over 20 years of field & laboratory research on the effect of herd following on culture. It analyzes & compares some 13,000 artefacts representing 1,002 hunting camps of four major archaeological traditions found in the Beverly range. Chapter 1 describes the natural environment of this range and chapter 2 reviews early European exploration, previous archaeological research, and the mapping of caribou hunting camps. Chapters 3 to 10 presents research results by archaeological phase or tradition, incorporating the geological, biological, & historical influences on caribou hunters. Each chapter analyzes each artefact by type and includes a short description of general tool trends, noting seasonal differences. The final chapter compares all tools and summarizes cross-cultural seasonal trends. Seller Inventory # ABE-1640710174782
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