Boreal Forest Adaptations 
Subtitle: The Northern Algonkians
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 1, 1983
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780306412387
Subjects: Anthropology - General; Human Geography; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Sociology; Algonquian Indians; Economic conditions; Human Ecology; Ontario; Taiga ecology
Description: Series of papers identifying specific human problems produced by life in high-latitude forests in a major, integrated report on the biological and behavioural forest adaptation strategies of the Algonkians of northern Ontario from prehistoric times to the present. Subjects covered include ecological setting, prehistory, cultural patterns since European contact, demography, foraging strategies, past and present environmental hazards, population identification and biological distance, and adaptations to the cold.