Linguistic and Genetic Mtdna Connections Between Native Peoples of - Ancient Mariners of the Middle Holocene

This book explores the linguistic and biological relationship between the Aleuts of coastal southwest Alaska and the Utians of coastal central California. Both groups speak languages diverging in the Middle Holocene Period from a common parent language. During this period, the Utians migrated by watercraft to the San Francisco Bay.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Comparative Approaches in Historical Linguistics
Chapter 2: Evaluation of Aleut-Utian Comparative Evidence
Chapter 3: Structural Similarity of Aleut and Utian
Chapter 4: Mitochondrial DNA Evidence
Chapter 5: Other Relationship Proposals for Aleut and Utian
Chapter 6: Along the Way to San Francisco Bay: Loanwords
Chapter 7: Ethnobiological Setting
Chapter 8: Archaeological Perspective
Chapter 9: Culture History Reconstruction
Chapter 10: Contributions, Controversies, and Continuing Study
Coda
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

Info autore

Cecil H. Brown is distinguished research professor emeritus of anthropology and linguistics at Northern Illinois University. Kent G. Lightfoot is distinguished professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Nancy J. Turner is a distinguished professor emerita in environmental studies, University of Victoria. Dana Lepofsky is professor of archeology at Simon Fraser University.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cecil H. Brown, Cecil H. Lightfoot Brown, Dana Lepofsky, Kent G. Lightfoot, Lightfoot Kent G., Nancy J. Turner, Turner Nancy J.
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2024
• EAN: 9781666915105
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-510-5
• Pagine: 248
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Genetica, tecnica genetica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Alaska, California, prehistory, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Aleut, Genetics (non-medical), Relating to Native American people, Historical and comparative linguistics, Holocene epoch