Ancient men of the Arctic.

Giddings, J. Louis (James Louis) 1909-1964 (Author).

Summary: "The story of prehistoric cultures from the Bering Straits to Greenland, by a distinguished American archeologist whose wilderness excavations in the Far North combined science and adventure on the sites of early man's most remote settlements." -- front cover

Record details

Physical Description: print
xxxi, 391, xv p. : illus., maps. ; 25 cm.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: New York : Knopf, 1967.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Bibliography: p. [369]-383.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction by Henry B. Collins -- I. Why Do We Dig? -- II. A Search for Old Beaches -- III. The Outer Beach and the Changing Eskimos -- IV. Thule: Arctic Archeology Begins -- V. Western Thule -- VI. The Artists and Magicians of Ipiutak -- VII. Ipiutak Beaches -- VIII. Widening Horizons -- IX. Norton Beaches -- X. Choris-Potters and Villagers -- XI. Old Whalers -- XII. Denbigh Beaches-The Old World Encroaches -- XIII. The Interior-Indian or Eskimo? -- XIV. Arctic Woodlanders -- XV. Before Beach Ridges -- XVI. Onion Portage -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	Donation (copy 1) ; William C. Wonders ; 2008/03.