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A Theoretical approach to northeastern Dene archaeology

western Canadian journal of anthropology5 (3-4) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 187-229

By: McCormack, Patricia Alice.

Abstract
McCormack creates a model of probable aboriginal resource use and speculates on how this resource use would have effected the human annual cycle of movement and settlement patterns. This is done by examining the environments, especially their flora and fauna, of the lichen-woodland subzone and the shrubby tundra subzone in detail and determining which resources it would have been most adaptive for humans to use. The goal of the paper is to help the archaeologist to form models against which their site interpretations can be tested.
Subjects
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Fauna
Flora
Annual cycle
Diet
Settlement patterns
tradition
Proto-Athapaskans
Region
North America
Sub Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Notes
Patricia A. McCormack
Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-229)
LCCN
81039011
LCSH
Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities