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Social Science Archaeology

Who Lived in this House?

A Study of Koyukuk River Semisubterranean Houses

by (author) Annette McFadyen Clark

Publisher
Canadian Museum of History
Initial publish date
Jan 1996
Category
Archaeology
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772821475
    Publish Date
    Jan 1996
    List Price
    $21.99

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Until comparatively recent times, both the Inupiat Inuit and the Koyukon Athapaskans spent the winter in wooden semisubterranean houses. For the archaeologist who excavates one of these structures, the shared traditions pose a difficult question: Who lived in this house? Three such house excavations in the Koyukuk River valley provide the basis for this fascinating study of ethnic identity and ethnoarchaeology along the Inupiat-Koyukon cultural interface.

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