Who Lived in this House?
A Study of Koyukuk River Semisubterranean Houses
- Publisher
- Canadian Museum of History
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1996
- Category
- Archaeology
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- 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.