Long-term adaptations among arctic hunter-gatherers: a case study from Southern Baffin Island

This study examines the role of social mechanisms in long-term environmental adapatations among Arctic hunter-gatherers, using archaeological, ethnohistoric and ethnographic data from the North Bay (Lake Harbour) region of southern Baffin Island, to test hypotheses concerning Inuit responses to the...

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1. Verfasser: Sabo, George (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York u.a. Garland 1991
Schriftenreihe:The evolution of North American indians
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Zusammenfassung:This study examines the role of social mechanisms in long-term environmental adapatations among Arctic hunter-gatherers, using archaeological, ethnohistoric and ethnographic data from the North Bay (Lake Harbour) region of southern Baffin Island, to test hypotheses concerning Inuit responses to the effects of climatic changes on distribution, abundance and predictability of major subsistence resources, through the Thule culture and Inuit occupations from AD 1100 to the present century.
Beschreibung:XVI, 403 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:082406111X