Research Catalog

Title

Arctic hunters : the Inuit and Diamond Jenness / David Morrison.

Author

Morrison, David A.

Publication

Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, c1992.

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Additional Authors

Canadian Museum of Civilization

Description

66 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.

Summary

This book celebrates three of Jenness's most important achievements: his early ethnographic work among the Copper Inuit in the central Arctic, and his archaeological work at Bering Strait and on the extinct Dorset culture of the Canadian Arctic. Together these three studies provide a fascinating overview of arctic life and history before the arrival of Europeans. Includes maps and original photographs.

Alternative Title

Inuit and Diamond Jenness

Subject

• Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969
• Dorset culture > Canada, Northern
• Eskimos > Bering Strait Region > Antiquities
• Bering Strait Region > Antiquities

Note

• Issued also in French under title: Chasseurs de l'Arctique.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Inuit -- Diamond Jenness -- The Canadian Arctic Expedition -- The Copper Inuit: On the Eve of Great Changes -- Arctic Nomads -- Contact History -- Jenness's Murder Trial -- Bering Strait: Inuit Origins -- Inuit Prehistory -- Sea Mammal Hunting: Techniques and Technologies -- Art and Religion of the Hunt -- Trade at the Crossroads -- Before the Inuit: The Mysterious Dorset -- Dorset Origins, Dorset Disappearances -- Dorset Art -- The Tunit: Strong Folk and Lovers of Women -- Tunit Hunters -- The Tunit and the Dog.

ISBN

0660129248

LCCN

cn^92099500^

OCLC

• 25092957
• SCSB-12848950

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library