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Eskimo architecture : dwelling and structure in the early historic period / Molly Lee and Gregory A. Reinhardt ; foreword by Andrew Tooyak, Jr.
Penn Museum Library E99.E7 L4174 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Molly.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eskimo architecture.
- Eskimos--Dwellings.
- Eskimos.
- Vernacular architecture--Arctic regions.
- Vernacular architecture.
- Architecture, Domestic--Arctic regions.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Arctic Regions.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press : University of Alaska Museum, [2003]
- Contents:
- Igloos and Accuracy
- Physiography, Prehistory, and Seasonality
- 1 Greenland 9
- Winter Houses 9
- East and West Greenland Stone Communal Houses
- Polar Eskimo Stone Houses
- Alternative Winter Dwellings
- Aspects of Winter House Life
- Transitional Dwellings 22
- Summer Dwellings 22
- East and West Greenland Large Single-Arch Tents
- West Greenland Double-Arch Tents
- Northwest Greenland Tents
- Aspects of Summer Tent Life
- Special Use Structures 28
- Associated Rituals and Beliefs 30
- 2 Central Arctic 35
- Winter Houses 36
- Labrador Eskimo Stone Communal Houses
- Canadian Eskimo Snow Houses
- Sallirmiut Stone Houses
- Aspects of Snow House Life
- Transitional Dwellings 52
- Central Arctic Stone/Bone/Turf Autumn House
- Iglulik and Netsilik Ice Autumn House
- Summer Dwellings 55
- Ridge Tents
- Conical Tents
- Sallirmiut Double-Arch Tents
- Alternative Summer Dwellings
- Aspects of Central Eskimo Tent Life
- Special-Use Structures 66
- Lesser Structures
- Birth, Menstrual, and Death Huts
- Ceremonial Houses
- Associated Rituals and Beliefs 69
- 3 Northwest Arctic and Bering Strait 73
- Winter Houses 73
- Mackenzie Delta Wooden Houses
- North Alaska Coast Wooden Houses
- Pole-and-Turf Houses
- Kotzebue Sound Wooden Houses
- Seward Peninsula Wooden Houses
- Bering Strait Islands Stone Pit-Houses
- Transitional Dwellings 93
- Summer Dwellings 94
- Short-Pole Conical Tents
- North Alaska Interior Dome Tents
- Kobuk River Bark Houses
- Bering Strait Island Stilt Houses
- Special-Use Structures 104
- Burial Structures
- Associated Rituals and Beliefs 113
- 4 Southwest Alaska, Bering Sea, Siberia, and Gulf of Alaska 119
- Winter Houses 119
- Mainland and Insular Alaska Men's and Women's Houses
- Siberian Yupik Houses
- Alutiiq Houses
- Transitional Dwellings 144
- Summer Dwellings 145
- Norton Sound Wooden Houses
- Norton Sound Dome Tents
- Yukon River Wooden Houses
- Siberian Eskimo Double-Arch Tents
- Alutiiq Grass Huts
- Prince William Sound Plank Huts
- Special-Use Structures 152
- Birth, Menstrual, and Mourning Huts
- Southwest Alaska and Alutiiq Ceremonial Houses
- Associated Rituals and Beliefs 154
- Contributions to the Study of Eskimo Architecture 159
- Similarities Shared by Dwellings Across the Arctic
- Primary Summer and Winter Dwelling Types
- Possibilities for Further Research 162
- Future Inquiries 164
- Classification of Types
- Gender Studies
- Spatial Analyses
- Meaning and Symbolism
- Subsistence, Settlement, and Mobility
- Energy Requirements
- Ethnographic Details
- Cultural Dimensions 168.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-202) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1889963224
- OCLC:
- 50417226
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