Research Catalog

Title

Subsistence and culture in the western Canadian Arctic : a multicontextual approach / by Matthew W. Betts.

Author

Betts, Matthew W., 1974-

Publication

Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, c2008.

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Canadian Museum of Civilization

Description

xiv, 298 : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

• "The Siglit, or Mackenzie Inuit, the ancestors of the modern Inuvialuit, were, at the time of Euroamerican contact, the most populous and complex Inuit society in the Canadian Arctic. Though innovative analysis of animal bones recovered from their ancient archaeological sites, this comprehensive study documents the complex relationships between the Mackenzie Inuit and their food animals, and tracks these connections over some 800 years, from their earliest occupations to the arrival of Europeans in the 19th century.
• Methodological in focus, this study examines the way in which archaeologists integrate animals into their analyses and proposes a systematic methodology for evaluating faunal data against other archaeological information. This volume chronicles the relationship between developing Siglit economic strategies and shifts in technology, settlement strategies, demography, and climate, exposing in the process the primary link between Siglit culture and their subsistence practices."--pub. desc.

Series Statement

• Mercury series, 0316-1854
• Archaeology paper ; 169

Uniform Title

• Mercury series
• Archaeology paper (Canadian Museum of Civilization) 169.

Subject

• Ethnoarchaeology > Mackenzie River Delta (N.W.T. and Yukon)
• Animal remains (Archaeology) > Mackenzie River Delta (N.W.T. and Yukon)
• Inuvialuit > Food
• Inuvialuit > Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Mackenzie River Delta (N.W.T. and Yukon)
• Archaeology > Methodology
• Mackenzie River Delta (N.W.T. and Yukon) > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-298).

Language (note)

• Includes summary in French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Background -- Towards a multicontextual zooarchaeology -- Archaeological and ethnohistoric background -- The zooarchaeological database : explorations -- Environment -- Technology -- Ethnicity and demography -- Time -- Discussion and conclusions.

ISBN

• 9780660198033
• 0660198037

OCLC

• 225776310
• SCSB-10202755

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Harvard Library