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The Athapaskan and the fur trade: observations fron archaeology and ethnohistory
western Canadian journal of anthropology • 5 (3-4) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 159-186
By: Janes, Robert R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Janes uses archaeological evidence from Fort Alexander, a fur trading post on Willow Lake River in the Mackenzie Valley, and ethnohistorical data to reconstruct Euro-Canadian adaptations to the sub-arctic environment. Athapaskans were instrumental in supporting the fur traders as they supplied food to the trading posts and taught the Euro-Canadians ways to survive in the bush; such as fishing. Janes uses a cultural ecology framework to discuss Euro-Canadian and Athapaskan settlement patterns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Fauna
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Proto-Athapaskans
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert R. Janes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-185)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81039011
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities