Late Quaternary Bison Diminution on the Great Plains of North America: Evaluating the Role of Human Hunting Versus Climate Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew E. Hill
Matthew G. Hill
Christopher C. Widga
Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 27, no. 17-18, September 2008, pp. 1752-1771
Description
Study found that changes in bison size where due to environmental conditions and not due to human hunting.
Lifetime Ambition Realized With Discovery of Old Fort - Newspaper Clipping. - 11 January 1954.
Articles » General
Saskatoon Star Phoenix, January 11, 1954, p. [?]
Description
Newspaper clipping documenting the discovery of the Alexander Henry-Frobisher Brothers fort that was established in 1775, 20 miles by water from Denare Beach, Saskatchewan.
Historical note:
Lithic Organic Residue Analysis: An Example from the Southwestern Archaic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin D. Sobolik
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 1996, pp. 461-469
Description
Organic residue from the surfaces of lithic tools excavated at Hinds Cave indicates multipurpose functions. Site yielded a wide range of organic material.
Lithic Technology at Linda's Point, Healy Lake, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela M. Younie
Thomas E. Gillispie
Arctic, vol. 69, no. 1, March 2016, pp. 79-98
Description
Results of analysis at site of the earliest known human occupation in Alaska reveal that the location was inhabited longer than previously thought.
Little Choice for the Chumash: Colonialism, Cattle, and Coercion in Mission Period California
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deana Dartt-Newton
Jon M. Erlandson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 416-430
Description
Authors engage the 1994 article “Missionization among the Costal Chumash of Central California: A Study of Risk Minimization Strategies;” critically considering how the article emphasizes environmental factors as a motivator of the Chumash people and minimizes the influence of missionary and military factors of colonization.
Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact
Alternate Title
Human Landscapes in the North: Papers in Honour of Dr. Priscilla Renouf
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Genevieve M. LeMoine
Susan A. Kaplan
Christyann M. Darwent
Arctic, vol. 69, no. 5, Suppl. 1, 2016, p. article no. 4624
Description
Through examination of archaeological record and unpublished historical documents, looks at women's responses to contact with Euro-American men in the early 20th century at Iita, northwestern Greenland and Floeberg Beach on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut.
Local Heroes. The Long-Term Effects of Short-Term Prosperity - An Example from the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maribeth S. Murray
World Archaeology, vol. 30, no. 3, February 1999, pp. 466-483
Description
Although the ringed seal was the long-term staple from 2500 BC to the recent past for both Palaeoeskimo and Neoeskimo, recent archaeological data suggests that local cultures were heavily influenced by shorter-term, intensive and regionally available alternatives.
"Lost and Lonesome": Literary Reflections on Museums and the Roles of Relics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Schweninger
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 169-199
Description
Analyzes the sociopolitical implications of disinterring bodies in order to put them on display, and discusses the responses of various writers to such issues. The article includes a comparison of display cases in museums, that house Native American bones, to that of zoos.
Man's Best Friend: Implications of Tuberculosis in a 16th Century Neutral Iroquois Dog From Canada
Alternate Title
Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand
RAL-e ; no.3, 2008
Research in Anthropology & Linguistics-e ; no. 3, 2008
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jodi Lynn Barta
Description
Chapter 2 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer.
Scroll down to page 22 to read chapter.
The Manitoba Mound Builders: The Making of an Archaeological Myth, 1857-1900
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwen Rempel
Manitoba History, no. 28, Autumn, 1994, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Europeans' refusal to believe that sophisticated artificial mounds could have been constructed by the ancestors of contemporary aboriginals; author presents her alternate theories regarding builders.
Mapping Clovis: Projectile Points, Behavior, and Bias
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary M. Prasciunas
American Antiquity, vol. 76, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 107-126
Description
Comments on the complexity of interpreting Clovis projectile point distribution due to factors related to modern population density and the intensity of archaeological research.
Mapping Outside the Square: Cultural Mapping in the South-East Kimberley
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Mahood
Aboriginal History , vol. 30, 2006, pp. [1]-32
Description
Looks at a project which attempted to bring together scientific and Aboriginal knowledge by recording stories, oral histories and other forms of documentation.