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1 online resource (334 pages). |
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| Series |
Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology ; v. 68
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Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword by Ian Tattersall and David Hurst Thomas; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Humans on the edge of the Alaskan Arctic; Part I Regional archaeological and biological context; 2 The archaeology of north Alaska: Point Hope in context; 3 The Ipiutak cult of shamans and its warrior protectors: An archaeological context; 4 Ancestor-descendant affinities between the Ipiutak and Tigara at Point Hope, Alaska, in the context of North American Arctic cranial variation. |
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Part II Biological variation among the foragers of Point Hope5 Contrasting the Ipiutak and Tigara: Evidence from incisor microwear texture analysis; 6 The diets of the Ipiutak and Tigara (Point Hope, Alaska): Evidence from occlusal molar microwear texture analysis; 7 Postcranial pathological lesions in precontact Ipiutak and Tigara skeletal remains of Point Hope, Alaska; 8 Bone strength and subsistence activities at Point Hope; 9 Postcranial growth and development of immature skeletons from Point Hope, Alaska; Part III Contexts, conclusions, and commentaries. |
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10 Morphologies from the edge: Perspectives on biological variation among the late Holocene inhabitants of the northwestern North American Arctic11 The Ipiutak spirit-scape: An archaeological phenomenon; 12 Point Hope in certain contexts: A comment; Index. |
| Summary |
Sixty years after their discovery, this is the first anthropological synthesis of the ancient Arctic foragers of Point Hope, Alaska. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Eskimos -- Material culture -- Alaska -- Point Hope.
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Eskimos -- Material culture. |
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Alaska -- Point Hope. |
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Eskimos. |
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Human remains (Archaeology) -- Alaska -- Point Hope.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Alaska -- Point Hope.
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Human remains (Archaeology) |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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Noordpoolgebied. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Auerbach, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Miller)
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Cowgill, Libby W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hilton, Charles E. Foragers of Point Hope : The Biology and Archaeology of Humans on the Edge of the Alaskan Arctic. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2014 9781107022508 |
| ISBN |
9781316008140 |
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1316008142 |
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9781316003640 (electronic book) |
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1316003647 (electronic book) |
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9781139136785 (electronic book) |
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113913678X (electronic book) |
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9781107022508 (hardback) |
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1107022509 (hardback) |
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9781316005903 |
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1316005909 |
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