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M. A. P. . Ed(S): Renouf - The Cultural Landscapes of Port Au Choix. Precontact Hunter-gatherers of Northwestern Newfoundland.  - 9781461428541 - V9781461428541
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The Cultural Landscapes of Port Au Choix. Precontact Hunter-gatherers of Northwestern Newfoundland.

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Description for The Cultural Landscapes of Port Au Choix. Precontact Hunter-gatherers of Northwestern Newfoundland. paperback. Based on the Port au Choix Archaeology Project, this volume provides a comparative understanding of how different cultures adapted to the changing physical environment, impacted their physical surroundings, created cultural landscapes and interacted with each other. Editor(s): Renouf, M. A. P. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 324 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; HDD; JFSL9; JHM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.

Newfoundland lies at the intersection of arctic and more temperate regions and, commensurate with this geography, populations of two Amerindian and two Paleoeskimo cultural traditions occupied Port au Choix, in northern Newfoundland, Canada, for centuries and millennia. Over the past two decades The Port au Choix Archaeology Project has sought a comparative understanding of how these different cultures, each with their particular origin and historical trajectory, adapted to the changing physical and social environments, impacted their physical surroundings, and created cultural landscapes. This volume brings together the research of Renouf, her colleagues and her students who together employ multiple perspectives and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Series
Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461428541
SKU
V9781461428541
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About M. A. P. . Ed(S): Renouf
Dr. Priscilla Renouf, Canada Research Chair of North Atlantic Archaeology, has conducted research in Labrador, Newfoundland, Arctic Norway and Greenland. For the past several years her research has been situated in Port au Choix, northwestern Newfoundland, where she is reconstructing 5,500 years of human adaptation to a changing environment. Dr. Renouf co-founded an international research group, called LINK, which consists ... Read more

Reviews for The Cultural Landscapes of Port Au Choix. Precontact Hunter-gatherers of Northwestern Newfoundland.
From the book reviews: “The volume is organised into fourteen chapters bracketed by an introduction and a conclusion written by Renouf … . This volume is recommended for students of archaeology as a useful text on culture history, methodology, and ways of thinking about data sets. I recommend this volume to researchers for the model or template it provides ... Read more

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