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Ancient People of the Arctic
Robert McGhee
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Description for Ancient People of the Arctic
Paperback. This work traces the lives of the Palaeo-Eskimos, the bold first explorers of the Arctic. Four thousand years ago, these people entered the far northern extremes of the North American continent, carving a living out of their bleak new homeland. Num Pages: 244 pages, 83ill.(16col.).figs.10M. BIC Classification: 1KBCW; 1MTN; HBTP; HDDA; JFSL9; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Ancient People of the Arctic traces the lives of the Palaeo-Eskimos, the bold first explorers of the Arctic. Four thousand years ago, these people entered the far northern extremes of the North American continent, carving a living out of their bleak new homeland. From the hints they left behind, accessible only through the fragmented archaeological record, Robert McGhee ingeniously...
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774808545
SKU
V9780774808545
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99-1
About Robert McGhee
Robert McGhee is an archaeologist who has conducted thirty years of research on the ancient history of Arctic peoples. He is the author of numerous publications, among them Ancient Canada (1989) and Canada Rediscovered (1991). He is currently a curator of archaeology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Reviews for Ancient People of the Arctic
Ancient People of the Arctic is the most comprehensive book on the prehistory of the Paleo-Eskimos to date. It’s food for thought that could give us the sense of history and place we so badly need.
Silvaine Zimmermann
Vancouver Sun
Reconstructing their migration and their daily lives from perfectly preserved and house remains and...
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Vancouver Sun
Reconstructing their migration and their daily lives from perfectly preserved and house remains and...