Title:
In search of ancient Alaska : solving the mysteries of the past
JLCTITLE245:
Ellen Bielawski.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, c2007.
Physical Description:
120 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780882405919
Abstract:
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.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-115) and index.
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Contents:
Introduction -- Tundra plains and mammoth game -- From a bridge to islands : the Alutiiq region -- A wealth of spruce and snow : Athabascan country -- The icy coasts : Bering Strait and the Arctic Ocean -- The seafarers, traders and artists of southeast Alaska and the Copper River Delta.