The Prehistory Of The Northwest Coast

Author : R. G. Matson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315417391
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prehistory of the Northwest Coast written by R. G. Matson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a descriptive overview of the cultural complexity on the northwest coast that stretches from northern California to Alaska. Topics covered range from the earliest settlements to the subsequent cultural diversities in Native American populations. Maps, charts, and illustrations further enhance the book's interest and appeal.

Author : R. G. Matson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prehistory of the Northwest Coast written by R. G. Matson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenneth M. Ames
Publisher : New York : Thames and Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500281109
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peoples of the Northwest Coast written by Kenneth M. Ames and published by New York : Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 2000 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extending some 1,400 miles from Alaska to northern California, America's Northwest Coast is one of the richest and most distinct cultural areas on earth. The region is famous for its magnificent art--masks, totem poles, woven blankets--produced by the world's most politically and economically complex hunters and gatherers. As this pioneering account shows, the history of settlement on the Northwest Coast stretches back some 11,000 years. With the stabilization of sea levels and salmon runs after 4000 B.C., many of the region's salient features began to emerge. Salmon fishing supported rapid population growth to a peak over 1,000 years ago. The spread of rain forest made available trees such as red cedar that could be turned into vast houses and seaworthy canoes. Large households and permanent villages emerged alongside slavery and a hereditary nobility. Warfare became epidemic, initially hand to hand but later characterized by the development of fortresses and the bow and arrow. Art evolved from simple carvings and geometric designs 5,000 years ago to the specialized crafts of the modern era. Written by noted experts and profusely illustrated, this is an essential reference for scholars and students of Native American archaeology and anthropology as well as travelers to the region.

Author : Elizabeth A. Sobel
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789201780
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Household Archaeology on the Northwest Coast written by Elizabeth A. Sobel and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late 1970s, household archaeology has become a key theoretical and methodological framework for research on the development of permanent social inequality and complexity, as well as for understanding the social, political and economic organization of chiefdoms and states. This volume is the cumulative result of more than a decade of research focusing on household archaeology as a means to gain understanding of the evolution of social complexity, regardless of underlying economy.

Author : Knut R. Fladmark
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 1772820415
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paleoecological Model for Northwest Coast Prehistory written by Knut R. Fladmark and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of the Northwest Coast cultural pattern from two different archaeological traditions, one in the north and one to the south, is discussed in terms of environmental and subsistence factors.

Author : Roy L. Carlson
Publisher : Burnaby, B.C. : Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Art Traditions of the Northwest Coast written by Roy L. Carlson and published by Burnaby, B.C. : Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University. This book was released on 1982 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jerome S. Cybulski
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 1772821543
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Northern Northwest Coast Prehistory written by Jerome S. Cybulski and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen scientists provide insight into the archaeology of the north coast of British Columbia in celebration of fieldwork begun by George F. MacDonald for the National Museum of Canada in 1966. This book investigates paleoenvironmental influences on human settlement, theoretical concepts involved in northern Northwest Coast research, and the interplay of aboriginal oral traditions and archaeological findings.

Author : Quentin Mackie
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774840471
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emerging from the Mist written by Quentin Mackie and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our understanding of the precontact nature of the Northwest Coast has changed dramatically over the last twenty years. This book brings together the most recent research on the culture history and archaeology of a region of longstanding anthropological importance, whose complex societies represent the most prominent examples of hunters and gatherers. Combining archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnography, this collection investigates several aspects of this cultural complexity, carrying on the intellectual traditions of Donald H. Mitchell and Wayne Suttles.

Author : R Lee Lyman
Publisher : Left Coast Press
ISBN 13 : 1598744569
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book PREHISTORY OF THE OREGON COAST written by R Lee Lyman and published by Left Coast Press. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first synthesis of the prehistory of the coast of Oregon. It analyzes the artifacts and mammalian faunal remains of three representative sites on the coast. A model of the evolution of cultural adaptational strategies is presented and tested, from which it creates a model of coastal cultural development. On a methodological level, the volume examines the overriding importance and effects of various sampling techniques.

Author : Dale D. Goble
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295978383
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Northwest Lands, Northwest Peoples written by Dale D. Goble and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays addresses questions of how humans have adapted to the northwestern landscape and modified it over time, and how the changing landscape in turn affected human society, economy, laws, and values.