Contributions to the Study of the Dorset-Palaeo Eskimos

Patricia D. Sutherland (editor)

Paperback (05 May 2005)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This collection of papers offers exciting new insights on the Dorset Palaeo-Eskimo occupation of Arctic Canada, Newfoundland and Greenland. Featuring a wide range of recent research, the book covers topics such as biological relationships within the Dorset population; succession and discontinuity in Palaeo-Eskimo occupations of various regions; interpreting local chronological sequences based on stylistic change; Dorset technology in soapstone, metal, and skeletal materials; rare petroglyph sites; and social aspects of the stone "longhouses" associated with late Dorset occupations. An introductory essay provides historical context for these fascinating new studies of a pre-Inuit Arctic people and their distinctive way of life.

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Canadian Museum of History

The Press traces its origins to 1915, when Edmond Meany's Governors of Washington, Territorial and State was issued. The first book to bear the University of Washington Press imprint, an edition of The Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey edited by Frederick M. Padelford, appeared in 1920. Since that time the Press has published approximately 4,400 books, of which about 1,400 are currently in print. Today we publish about seventy new titles each year. From the beginning the Press has reflected the University's major academic strengths. Building on those strengths, combined with a vigorous creativity in developing regional partners, the University of Washington Press has achieved recognition as the leading publisher of scholarly books and distinguished works of regional nonfiction in the Pacific Northwest.

ISBN:	9780660194141
Publisher:	University of Washington Press
Imprint:	Canadian Museum of History
Pub date:	05 May 2005
Number of pages:	180
Weight:	426g
Height:	242mm
Width:	173mm
Spine width:	10mm