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In 1974, the Salvage Section, Archaeological Survey of Canada, National Museum of Man, instituted nine archaeological salvage projects across the country. These ranged from a brief survey of one portion of the Mackenzie Highway to the extensive survey and excavations on...
A summary of the activities of the Archaeological Survey of Canada in 1974. Published in English.
This anthropological bibliography of the Pacific Inuit area of Alaska also features an extended historical coverage for Kodiak and adjacent Islands. Many of the nearly five hundred entries are annotated. Published in English.
Papers presented at the Second Annual Conference of the Canadian Ethnology Society held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1975 are offered in two volumes. The first volume includes those which were delivered in the “Myth and Culture” and “The Theory of Markedness in Social...
Activities of the Canadian Ethnology Service for 1974. Published in English.
The seventeen papers on Northern Athapaskan research in ethnology, linguistics, and archaeology published in these two volumes were presented at the National Museum of Man Northern Athapaskan Conference in March 1971.The papers are prefaced by a short introduction that...
This study of the decorative patterns on aboriginal woven and woodsplint basketry reveals the tenacious survival of basic artistic concepts of aboriginal origin. The woodsplint technique was adopted by Natives to adapt their crafts to the white market. Published in...
A summary of the activities of the Canadian War Museum for the year 1974. Published in English.
A summary of the activities of the Communications Division, National Museum of Man, in 1974. Published in English.
A detailed research paper on the collection of military artifacts, including articles of clothing, accoutrements, and weapons from the Seven Year’s War and the War of 1812-1814. Published in English.
This volume contains a collection of seven ethnological papers. Gordon M. Day discusses the problem of improperly documented museum specimens; David Damas describes the construction of a Netsilik sled; E. Y. Arima and E. C. Hunt describe the creation of modern Kwakiutl...
During the summer of 1972 the life histories of four Hungarian immigrants to Canada were recorded on tape in and around Delhi in southwestern Ontario, a major tobacco farming district. Published in English.
The position of Lake Athabasca relative to the Plains, Boreal Forest, and Arctic physiographic zones, which have changed through time in response to climatic fluctuations, has resulted in cultures adapted to these three zones occupying areas of the lake during certain...
The evolution of the Northwest Coast cultural pattern from two different archaeological traditions, one in the north and one to the south, is discussed in terms of environmental and subsistence factors.Published in English.
This study attempts to elucidate the temporal and spatial interrelationships between the barrenland Pre-Dorset peoples, climates and caribou herds in the period 1500—700 B.C. Items such as discreteness of herds and human bands, band movements and communication and...
A study of the prehistoric cultural development of the Thule Inuit tradition in southern Baffin Island and its relationship to the present inhabitants of the region. Published in English.
This study uses archaeological, ethnohistorical and ecological data in an effort to understand the nature of early historic communal bison hunting among the aboriginal groups of the northern Plains. Published in English.
Description of Maritime Archaic, early Palaeo-Eskimo, and Dorset Inuit occupations of Saglek Bay in northern Labrador with comment on settlement – subsistence, culture history, and possible prehistoric Native and Inuit contacts. Published in English.
The evidence is presented for man’s continuous occupation of the Strait of Belle Isle region of Labrador from approximately 8,000 – 9,000 years ago until 3,000 – 2,000 years ago when the local Maritime Archaic tradition was interrupted by a possible environmental change...
The six archaeological reports in this issue pertain to salvage operations carried out under contract with the Archaeological Survey of Canada, National Museum of Man. Three of the projects were located in southern Alberta, one each in northern and southern...
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