In search of ancient Alaska
Subtitle: evidence to mysteries of the past
By: by Ellen Bielawski.
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Antiquities; Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Alaska; Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Social life and customs; Alaska -- Antiquities
Description: Archaeologist Ellen Bielawski takes us back in time and shows us Alaska before white men arrived. She explains how archaeology has given us clues to how the landscape has changed and how those changes shaped the lives of Alaska's first people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Tundra plains and mammoth game; title: From a bridge to islands : the Alutiiq region; title: A wealth of spruce and snow : Athabascan country; title: The icy coasts : Bering Strait and the Arctic Ocean; title: The seafarers, traders and artists of southeast Alaska and the Copper River Delta.