Title:
Haida Gwaii : human history and environment from the time of loon to the time of the iron people
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Daryl W. Fedje and Rolf W. Mathewes.
Publication Information:
Vancouver : UBC Press, c2005.
Physical Description:
xxii, 426 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780774809214
Series:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [376]-401) and index.
Contents:
PART 1: PALEOENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY -- Late quaternary geology of Haida Gwaii and surrounding marine areas / J. Vaughn Barrie ... [et al.] -- Hecate strait paleoshorelines / Daryl W. Fedje ... [et al.] -- Terrestrial paleoecology of Haida Gwaii and the continental shelf: vegetation, climate, and plant resources of the coastal migration route / Terri Lacourse, Rolf W. Mathewes -- Vegetation history of Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii, and its relationship to climate change and human settlement / Richard J. Hebda ... [et al.] -- The evolution of endemic species in Haida Gwaii / Tom Reimchen, Ashley Byun -- History of the vertebrate fauna in haida Gwaii / Rebecca J. Wigen -- PART 2: HAIDA TRADITIONAL HISTORY -- Tllsda Xaaydas K'aaygang.nga: long, long ago Haida ancient stories / Kii7iljuus (Barbara J. Wilson), Heather Harris -- Taadl, Nang Kilslaas, and Haida / Nang Kiing.aay7uuans (James Young) -- PART 3: HAIDA HISTORY THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- Overview of cultural history / Daryl W. Fedje, Quentin Mackie -- Millennial tides and shifting shores: archaeology on a dynamic landscape / Daryl W. Fedje ... [et al.] -- Kilgii Gwaay: an early maritime site in the south of Haida Gwaii / Daryl W. Fedje ... [et al.] -- Test excavations at raised beach sites in Southern Haida Gwaii and their significance to northwest coast archaeology / Daryl W. Fedje ... [et al.] -- Raised beach archaeology in northern Haida Gwaii: preliminary results from the Cohoe Creek site / Tina Christensen, Jim Stafford -- The Graham tradition / Quentin Mackie, Steven Acheson -- Gwaii Haanas settlement archaeology / Steven Acheson -- Shoreline settlement patterns in Gwaii Haanas during the early and late holocene / Alexander P. Mackie, ian D. Sumpter -- Conclusion: Synthesis of environmental and archaeological data / Daryl W. Feje, Rolf W. Mathewes.