Emerging from the mist : studies in Northwest Coast culture history / edited by R.G. Matson, Gary Coupland, and Quentin Mackie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coupland, Gary Graham, 1953-

Matson, R. G. (Richard Ghia), 1944-

Mackie, Quentin, 1962-

Series:

Pacific Rim archaeology.

Pacific Rim archaeology, 1483-2283

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Material culture--Northwest Coast of North America.

Northwest Coast of North America--Antiquities.

Northwest Coast of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Our understanding of the precontact nature of the Northwest Coast has changed dramatically over the last twenty years. This book brings together the most recent research on the culture history and archaeology of a region of longstanding anthropological importance, whose complex societies represent the most prominent examples of hunters and gatherers. Combining archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnography, this collection investigates several aspects of this cultural complexity, carrying on the intellectual traditions of Donald H. Mitchell and Wayne Suttles. Its interdisciplinary approach creates a broader context in which to interpret the past. The generously illustrated chapters address a wide range of topics, and include original and penetrating analyses of the fur trade, migration, household structures, and precontact metallurgy and architecture. Emerging from the Mist updates and expands our understanding of the nature and evolution of precontact Northwest Coast society to reveal the vibrant, rich cultures that existed there. Scholars and students of archaeology and anthropology, and those with an interest in Northwest Coast history, will find this volume especially rewarding.

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Northwest Coast in Perspective; 2 A Hunter-Gatherer Paramount Chiefdom: Tsimshian Developments through the Contact Period; 3 Northwest Coast Wet-Site Artifacts: A Key to Understanding Resource Procurement, Storage, Management, and Exchange; 4 The Coast Salish House: Lessons from Shingle Point, Valdes Island, British Columbia; 5 Nuu-chah-nulth Houses: Structural Remains and Cultural Depressions on Southwest Vancouver Island; 6 Preliminary Analysis of Socioeconomic Organization at the McNichol Creek Site, British Columbia

7 Dimensions of Regional Interaction in the Prehistoric Gulf of Georgia 8 The Cultural Taphonomy of Nuu-chah-nulth Whale Bone Assemblages; 9 The Thin Edge: Evidence for Precontact Use and Working of Metal on the Northwest Coast; 10 A Stitch in Time: Recovering the Antiquity of a Coast Salish Basket Type; 11 Reviewing the Wakashan Migration Hypothesis; 12 Location-Allocation Modelling of Shell Midden Distribution on the West Coast of Vancouver Island; 13 The Northwest Coast as a Study Area: Natural, Prehistoric, and Ethnographic Issues; Epilogue; References; Notes on Contributors; Index; A; B

CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. [334]-369.

ISBN:

1-283-13114-5

9786613131140

0-7748-5183-X

OCLC:

923441887