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When Worlds Collide: Hunter-Gatherer World-System Change in the 19th Century Canadian Arctic (The Archaeology of Colonialism in Native North America)
T Max Friesen
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Description for When Worlds Collide: Hunter-Gatherer World-System Change in the 19th Century Canadian Arctic (The Archaeology of Colonialism in Native North America)
Hardcover. The Inuvialuit region is the most under-reported and least-known portion of the North American Arctic, beyond its immediate community of anthropological/archaeological practitioners, and this book helps address that lacuna. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Interactions between societies are among the most powerful forces in human history. However, because they are difficult to reconstruct from archaeological data, they have often been overlooked and understudied by understudied by archaeologists. This is particularly true for hunter-gatherer societies, which are frequently seen as adapting to local conditions rather than developing in the context of large-scale networks. When Worlds Collide presents a new model for discerning interaction networks based on the archaeological record, and then applies the model to long-term change in an Arctic society.
Max Friesen has adapted and expanded world-system theory in order to develop a ... Read more
Interactions between societies are among the most powerful forces in human history. However, because they are difficult to reconstruct from archaeological data, they have often been overlooked and understudied by understudied by archaeologists. This is particularly true for hunter-gatherer societies, which are frequently seen as adapting to local conditions rather than developing in the context of large-scale networks. When Worlds Collide presents a new model for discerning interaction networks based on the archaeological record, and then applies the model to long-term change in an Arctic society.
Max Friesen has adapted and expanded world-system theory in order to develop a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816502448
SKU
V9780816502448
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About T Max Friesen
T. Max Friesen is a professor of archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada. He has performed fieldwork in the Arctic for more than twenty years. He is the co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Arctic Archaeology and has contributed widely to books and journals.
Reviews for When Worlds Collide: Hunter-Gatherer World-System Change in the 19th Century Canadian Arctic (The Archaeology of Colonialism in Native North America)
Friesen presents an important and powerful demonstration of an archaeological scientific hypothesis-testing methodology, and he provides an excellent example of a problem-oriented approach to archaeological practice. It should receive attention beyond the confines of its regional content precisely for its rigorous theoretical approach. - Stephen Loring, co-editor of Honoring Our Elders: A History of Eastern Arctic Archaeology