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Crossroads of continents : cultures of Siberia and Alaska / [edited by] William W. Fitzhugh and Aron Crowell.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eskimos.
- Ethnology.
- Manners and customs.
- Exhibitions.
- Siberia (Russia)--Social life and customs--Exhibitions.
- Siberia (Russia).
- Alaska--Social life and customs--Exhibitions.
- Alaska.
- Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
- Ethnology--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--Exhibitions.
- Indians of North America--Alaska--Exhibitions.
- Indians of North America.
- Eskimos--Alaska--Exhibitions.
- Local Subjects:
- Siberia (Russia)--Social life and customs--Exhibitions.
- Alaska--Social life and customs--Exhibitions.
- Ethnology--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--Exhibitions.
- Indians of North America--Alaska--Exhibitions.
- Eskimos--Alaska--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 360 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- Series of papers by various scholars under the headings: Peoples of Siberia and Alaska; Strangers arrive; Crosscurrents of time; Thematic views; New lives for ancient peoples. Illustrated by artifacts from many museums which were part of an exhibition of the same name.
- Contents:
- Crossroads of continents : Beringian Oecumene / William W. Fitzhugh and Aron Crowell
- Ethnic connections across Bering Strait / I.S. Gurvich
- People of Siberia and Alaska
- Peoples of the Amur and maritime regions / Lydia T. Black
- Koryak and Itelmen : dwellers of the Smoking Coast / S.A. Arutiunov
- Even : reindeer herders of Eastern Siberia / S.A. Arutuinov
- Eskimos : hunters of the frozen coasts / William W. Fitzhugh
- Aleut : islanders of the North Pacific / Lydia T. Black and R.G. Liapunova
- Tlingit : people of the wolf and raven / Frederica de Laguna
- Northern Athapaskans : people of the deer / James W. VanStone
- Strangers arrive
- The story of Russian America / Lydia T. Black
- Treasures by the Neva : the Russian collections / G.I. Dzeniskevich and L.P. Pavlinskaia
- Baird's naturalists : Smithsonian collectors in Alaska / William W. Fitzhugh
- The American Museum's Jesup North Pacific expedition / Stanley A. Freed, Ruth S. Freed, and Laila Williamson
- Young Laufer on the Amur / Laurel Kendall
- Crosscurrents of time
- Beringia : an ice age view / Steven B. Young
- Ancient peoples of the North Pacific Rim / Christy G. Turner II
- Prehistory of Siberia and the Bering Sea / S.A. Arutuinov and William W. Fitzhugh
- Prehistory of Alaska's Pacific Coast / Aron Crowell
- Thematic views
- Raven's creatures
- Milton M.R. Freeman
- Many tongues
- ancient tales / Michael E. Krauss
- Maritime economies of the North Pacific Rim / Jean-Loup Rousselot, William W. Fitzhugh, and Aron Crowell
- Hunters, herders, trappers, and fishermen / James W. VanStone
- Economic patterns in Alaska / William W. Fitzhugh
- Dwellings, settlements, and domestic life / Aron Crowell
- Needles and animals : women's magic / Valérie Chaussonnet
- War and trade / Ernest S. Burch, Jr.
- Guardians and spirit-masters of Siberia / S. Ia. Serov
- Eye of the dance : spiritual life of the Bering Sea Eskimo / Ann Fienup-Riordan
- Potlach ceremonialism on the Northwest Coast / Frederica de Laguna
- Art and culture change at the Tlingit-Eskimo border / Bill Holm
- Comparative art of the North Pacific Rim / William W. Fitzhugh
- New lives for ancient peoples
- Siberian peoples : a Soviet view / V.V. Lebedev
- Alaska natives today / Rosita Worl
- Alaska native arts in the twentieth century / Margaret B. Blackman and Edwin S. Hall, Jr.
- Beads and bead trade in the North Pacific region / Peter Francis, Jr.
- Notes:
- "Crossroads of continents is also the title of an exhibition organized by the National Museum of Natural History and circulated by the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-359).
- Cited in:
- Book review by Dorothy Jean Ray, in American Indian art magazine, 0192-9968, Vol. 15, no. 3 (summer 1990), p. 83, 86-87, 93, 95
- Other Format:
- Online version: Crossroads of continents.
- ISBN:
- 0874744423
- 9780874744422
- 0874744350
- 9780874744354
- OCLC:
- 18164486
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