Arctic Archaeology

Informationen zum Autor Peter Rowley – Conwy Zusammenfassung In this issue, human occupation of the arctic is examined, making essential reading for anyone curious about how people and creatures survived in these icy climes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapters include: Prehistory of Newfoundland hunter-gatherers: extinctions or adaptations?; Ancient humans in Eurasian Arctic ecosystems: environmental dynamics and changing subsistence; Thule Eskimo bowhead whale interception strategies; New adaptive strategies in the Saqqaq culture of Greenland c.1600-1400 bc; Local Heroes: the long-term effects of short-term prosperity - an example from the Canadian arctic; Northeast Asia in the late Pleistone and Early Holocene; Aleutian Island pre-history: living in insular extremes

Product details

• Authors: Peter Rowley-Conwy
• Assisted by: Peter Rowley-Conwy (Editor), Rowley-Conwy Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.2017
• EAN: 9781138164505
• ISBN: 978-1-138-16450-5
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Human Geography, Arctic regions