The Inuit Archaeology of the Quebec Lower North Shore
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William W. Fitzhugh
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Les Inuit au Labrador méridional / Inuit in Southern Labrador, 2015, pp. 37-62
Description
Summarizes research that suggests year-round occupation in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
The Inuvialuit Living History Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natasha Lyons
Kate Hennessy
Mervin Joe
Charles Arnold
Stephen Loring ... [et al.]
The SAA Archaeological Record, vol. 12, no. 4, September 2012, pp. 43-46
Description
Project generates and documents Inuvialuit and curatorial knowledge about the objects in the MacFarlane Collection. Entire issue on one pdf.
To access article, scroll to page 43.
The Inuvialuit Living History Project: Digital Return as the Forging of Relationships Between Institutions, People, and Data
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kate Hennessy
Natasha Lyons
Stephen Loring
Charles Arnold
Mervin Joe ... [et al.]
Museum Anthropology Review, vol. 7, no. 1-2, After the Return: Digital Repatriation and the Circulation of Indigenous Knowledge, 2013, pp. 44-73
Description
Comments on the Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History project which features the digital MacFarland Collection, documents a delegation's visit to the Smithsonian, and connects interpretations of the collection to on going cultural practices in Inuvialuit communities.
Investigating the Utility of Birds in Precontact Yup'ik Subsistence: A Preliminary Analysis of the Avian Remains from Nunalleq
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edouard Masson-MacLean
Claire Houmard
Rick Knecht
Madonna L. Moss
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 169-196
Description
Highlights the important role of birds for precontact Yup'ik as a soruce of food and material culture.
Iyatayet Revisited: A Report on Renewed Investigations of a Stratified Middle-to-Late Holocene Coastal Campsite in Norton Sound, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew H. Tremayne
Christyann M. Darwent
John Darwent
Kelly A. Eldridge
Jeffrey T. Rasic
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-23
Description
Describes the archaeological reassessment of the Iyatayet, a Holocene site at Cape Denbigh, Alaska. New data collected in 2012 and 2013 provides insight into the site’s occupation by three different cultural groups: the Denbigh, the Norton, and the Thule.
Jake Bluff: Clovis Bison Hunting on the Southern Plains of North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leland C. Bement
Brian J. Carter
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 4, October 2010, pp. 907-933
Description
Comments on a form of bison hunting, the arroyo trap, found at the Jake Bluff site, a type of hunting which had previously not been seen.
The Jaketown Site in West-Central Mississippi
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 45, pt. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
James A. Ford
Philip Phillips
William G. Haag
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 45 (p.[1]-164 , 8 plates).
The Jim Pitts Site: A Stratified Paleoindian Site in the Black Hills of South Dakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederic Sellet
James Donohue
Matthew G. Hill
American Antiquity, vol. 74, no. 4, October 2009, pp. 735-758
Description
Study concludes that multiple Paleoindian point types occurred simultaneously on the central and northern Great Plains.
Jørgen Meldgaard's Film Works and Books on Art From the Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Mette Jøgensen
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, Reconstructions du passé inuit / Reconstructions of the Inuit Past, 2013, pp. 127-145
Description
Compares style of three major pieces of film on the Inuit produced over his career.
Keres: Endgendered Key to the Pueblo Puzzle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Miller
Ethnohistory, vol. 48, no. 3, Summer, 2001, pp. 495-514
Description
Examines how the distinctive and regionally overwhelming native priesthoods provide a direct link between the Keresan Pueblos of today and their ancestors.
Key Events in the Gitksan Encounter With the Colonial World
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James A. McDonald
Jennifer Joseph
Description
Looks at the historical time line of the Gitksan peoples since colonization.
Pre-publication of book chapter: Potlatch at Gisegukla: William Beyon's 1945 Fieldbooks edited by Margaret Anderson and Marjorie Halpin.
Kitselas Canyon 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[George F. MacDonald]
[Bill Reid Centre]
Description
Video features historical photos of villages located in the Kitselas Canyon in British Columbia and archaeological digs that took place in the late 1960's and 1970's.
Duration: 19:55.
Labrador Inuit and Their Arrow Shafts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Mitchell
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Les Inuit au Labrador méridional / Inuit in Southern Labrador, 2015, pp. 165-188
Description
Comments on the softwoods used for the manufacture of arrows and darts and the procurement of the wood.
Landscape Engineering and Organizational Complexity Among Late Prehistoric Bison Hunters of the Northwestern Plains
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Nieves Zedeño
Jesse A. M. Ballenger
and John R. Murray
Current Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, February 2014, pp. 23-58
Description
Examines the social, political, and ritual structures and practices of prehistoric hunting traditions. Also discusses how hunters adapted to environmental and climate change.
Landscapes, Houses, Bodies, Things: "Place" and the Archaeology of Inuit Imaginaries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Whitridge
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, vol. 11, no. 2, June 2004, pp. 213-250
Description
"The notion of imaginaries and the rethinking of place are illustrated with Inuit archaeological and ethnographic examples."
Languages Past and Present: Archaeological Approaches to the Appearance of Northern Iroquoian Speakers in the Lower Great Lakes Region of North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott W. J. Martin
American Antiquity, vol. 73, no. 3, July 2008, pp. 441-463
Description
Delves into the debate of the arrival of Northern Iroquoian speakers in the Lower Great Lakes region and southern Ontario.
The Last Quarter Century in Canadian Plains Archaeology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ian Dyck
Prairie Forum, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, 2001, pp. 143-167
Description
Looks at changes that Canadian Plains archaeology has made including heritage legislation, Aboriginal involvement, expanded public interpretation and archaeological knowledge.
Late Dorset Architecture on Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Genevieve LeMoine
James Helmer
Bjarne Grønnow
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 255-280
Description
Description and examiniation of ten architectural features found in late Dorset dwellings.
Late Dorset Deposits at Iita: Site Formation and Site Destruction in Northwestern Greenland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Darwent
Genevieve M. LeMoine
Christyann M. Darwent
Hans Lange
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, 2019, pp. 96-118
Description
Authors highlight the accelerating deterioration of a significant archaeological site in Greenland as a result of climate change. Article details the artifacts retrieved which demonstrate more than 1000-year stretch of human occupation and evaluate the deposits that remain at the site.
A Late Dorset Semi-Subterranean Structure From the Bell Site (NiNg-2), Ekalluk River, Victoria Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Ryan
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 91-110
Description
Looks at archaeological work done in 2002 that focused on the recovery of architectural details from House 6 to better understand the Late Dorset building tradition.
Late Holocene Hunter-Gatherers at L'Anse aux Meadow and the Dynamics of Bird and Mammal Hunting in Newfoundland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Todd J. Kristensen
Jenneth E. Curtis
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 49, no. 1, 2012, pp. 68-87
Description
Presents data from over 40 years of excavations including synopses of features, radiocarbon dates, lithic and wood assemblages, and faunal records as they relate to subsistence activities.