Ethnographic and archaeological investigations of alpine ice patches in southwest Yukon, Canada

Arctic

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 260-272

  Hare, P Gregory ^a   Greer, Sheila ^b   Gotthardt, Ruth ^a   Farnell, Richard ^a   Bowyer, Vandy ^b   Schweger, Charles ^b   Strand, Diane ^c  

^a Government of Yukon   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Champagne and Aishihik First Nations   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine ice patch; atlatl; Bow and arrow; Southwest Yukon archaeology; Throwing spear

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUNTING; RADIOCARBON DATING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TOOL USE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 4644283416     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic503     Document Type: Article

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