Research Catalog

Title

The foragers of Point Hope : the biology and archaeology of humans on the edge of the Alaskan arctic / edited by Charles E. Hilton, Benjamin M. Auerbach, Libby W. Cowgill.

Publication

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• Hilton, Charles E.
• Auerbach, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Miller)
• Cowgill, Libby W.

Description

xix, 311 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 68

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 68.

Alternative Title

Biology and archaeology of humans on the edge of the Alaskan arctic

Subjects

• Ipiutak Site (Point Hope, Alaska)
• Point Hope (Alaska) > Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Alaska > Point Hope
• Human remains (Archaeology) > Alaska > Point Hope
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical
• Eskimos > Material culture > Alaska > Point Hope
• Tigara Site (Point Hope, Alaska)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Call Number

JFE 14-6984

ISBN

• 9781107022508 (hardback)
• 1107022509 (hardback)

LCCN

2014007610

OCLC

869269431

Title

The foragers of Point Hope : the biology and archaeology of humans on the edge of the Alaskan arctic / edited by Charles E. Hilton, Benjamin M. Auerbach, Libby W. Cowgill.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 68

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 68.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Hilton, Charles E., editor.

Auerbach, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Miller), editor.

Cowgill, Libby W., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-6984