Gift of the Middle Tanana Dene Pre-Colonial History in the Alaskan Interior

In this book, Gerad Smith explores the history, ethnography, and archaeological record of the Native people living in the Middle Tanana Valley in Alaska during the late Holocene. Smith illustrates how the role of deep-play rituals of reciprocity shaped a traditional society that has lasted over a thousand years.

About the author

Gerad M. Smith is affiliate researcher in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Summary

In this book, Gerad Smith explores the history, ethnography, and archaeological record of the Native people living in the Middle Tanana Valley in Alaska during the late Holocene. Smith illustrates how the role of deep-play rituals of reciprocity shaped a traditional society that has lasted over a thousand years.

Product details

• Authors: Gerad M. Smith, Smith Gerad M. Smith
• Assisted by: Charles E. Holmes (Foreword), Evelynn Combs (Afterword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.09.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history
• EAN: 9781793654786
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-478-6
• Pages: 316
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Archaeology, Potlatch, Household Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Social complexity, Alaska Native, Native American prehistory