The foragers of Point Hope the biology and archaeology of humans on the edge of the Alaskan Arctic
"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 materia...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2014.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 68. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39790964*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of contributors
- Foreword / Ian Tattersall and David Hurst Thomas
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 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, Alaska, in the context of North American Arctic cranial variation / Blaine Maley
- Part II. Biological Variation Among the Foragers of Point Hope. 5. Contrasting 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
- Index.
