The Foragers of Point Hope: The Biology and Archaeology of Humans on the Edge of the Alaskan Arctic

Book Overview

On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, above the Arctic Circle, the prehistoric settlements at Point Hope, Alaska, represent a truly remarkable accomplishment in human biological and cultural adaptations. Presenting a set of anthropological analyses on the human skeletal remains and cultural material from the Ipiutak and Tigara archaeological sites, The Foragers of Point Hope sheds new light on the excavations from 1939-41, which provided one of the largest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108829414
• ISBN13: 9781108829410
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"