Arctic
Language: English
Published by Arctic Institute, Calgary, 1980
- Softcover
- Used

Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 17.63
Quantity: 1 available
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The article on pp.454 - 463 of this 285 page, sequentially numbered, quarterly is about a discovery of Norse artifacts in Canada's Arctic. Peter Schledermann is the writer of `Notes on Norse Finds from the East Coast of Ellesmere Island'. M.E. Colleen Lazenby writes on Labrador sources of prehistoric chert. sixteen other articles are in that vein - two in French. All are illustrated by tabular data, maps or b/w photographs. Read more about snow knife, Avalyalik, Cornwallis Island, Talaguak Site, bow drill, Diana Bay, Kachemak Bay, long houses, curated tools, and cache pits. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with green panels and black lettering. Cover image is artwork from an artifact recovered on Admiralty Inlet. No names nor marks. Clean bright and square. Excellent research copy. QUote (p. 585) : " The northern coast of Labrador between Okak and the Button Islands is the most rugged and spectacular coast of mainland eastern North America. Less than one hundred years ago this area was inhabited by a large and vigorous Inuit population whose villages could be found in nearly every fjord and protected bat. Trading posts ._._._. . " Size: 4to.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Arctic
- Author
- Hills, L.V And Upton, Claudette Reed (editors)
- Publisher
- Arctic Institute, Calgary
- Publication year
- 1980
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- B/W Photographs
- Edition
- Vol. 33, No. 3.
- Seller catalogs
- Arctic
Wagon Tongue Books
Linden, AB, Canada
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
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I am a small home-based business so I may be difficult to reach by phone. I'm in the Mountain time zone. I've been passionate about books for approximately 30 years. Thank you for thinking Wagon Tongue.
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