Anthropology of the North Pacific Rim
"Proceedings of a symposium held at the opening of the joint Soviet, American, and Canadian exhibition 'Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska,' September 22-23, 1988, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution."
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Description
Two dozen essays presented at a symposium at the opening of a joint Soviet, American, and Canadian exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute, September 1988, consider the Arctic cultures of the three countries as a single geographical unit. They discuss the historical and intellectual foundations of studying the region, maritime culture, clothing styles, settlement patterns, social organization, interactions among the cultures from prehistoric times to the present, and other topics. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
