Title: Archaeological ethnography among Mackenzie Basin Dene, Canada /
Authors: Janes, Robert R.
Date: 1983
Publisher: Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary,
Physical description: ix, 124 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: G
Abstract: This study was prompted by my participation in two archaeological surveys of the Mackenzie Basin, Northwest Territories, in the early 1970's. This survey work was undertaken in anticipation of the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline, and involved locating prehistoric and historic archaeological sites along the Mackenzie River and in the interior regions east and west of the river. Field parties had the opportunity to meet Dene individuals living along the Mackenzie, and on occasion, to work with two elderly Dene who acted as informants in our attempt to identify a birchbark artifact recovered in the test excavation.
Contents: 2. The environment (Mackenzie Dene live within the subarctic Boreal forest zone) -- 3. The aboriginal baseline -- 4. The Willow Lake hunters and trappers (Slavey Indians) -- 5. Introduction to the archaeological ethnography -- noncultural and cultural considerations -- Excavations -- Bones for divination -- Scavenging -- 6. Refuse disposal -- 7. Structures -- use and variation -- Tipis -- Log cabins -- Stages -- Hide-smoking structures -- 8. Activity areas -- 9. Male and female activity patterns -- Factors influencing male and female activity patterns -- 10. Two examples of archaeological invisibility -- Wooden tools -- 11. Special purpose sites -- Hunting camps -- A gathering site -- 12. Tool manufacture -- Hide-working tool kit -- Gaff hooks -- 13, Floor area and settlement population -- 14. Athapaskan ethnography in archaeological perspective
Subject headings (LCSH): Athapascan Indians; Ethnoarchaeology; Indians of North America--Northwest Territories.