essay

Chipewyan prehistory

problems in the prehistory of the north american subarctic : the athapaskan questionCalgaryPublished In 1977 • Pages: 72-77

By: Gordon, Bryan C..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Gordon sumarizes Taltheilei archaeologiy as it pertains to Chipewyan prehistory. He begins with a synopsis of the ethnographic Chipewyan and then describes the material culture of the Earliest, Early, Middle, Late, and Historic Periods. Gordon estimates the Earliest Taltheilei occupation occurs around 650 to 500 B.C.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Location
Prehistory
Lithic industries
Settlement patterns
Weapons
General tools
Chronologies and culture sequences
Typologies and classifications
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
essay
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
NotesAdditional notes
Bryan C. Gordon
For bibliographical references see 39: References cited
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
80494866
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities