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    Thule Eskimo Culture: An Anthropological Retrospective
    Thule Eskimo Culture: An Anthropological Retrospective
    Thule Eskimo Culture: An Anthropological Retrospective
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    Thule Eskimo Culture: An Anthropological Retrospective

    By Allen Papin McCartney

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    Proceedings of a symposium devoted to Thule archaeology and related northern studies, held at the tenth annual meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association in Ottawa in 1977. The thirty-one papers range from Thule chronology and culture history, prehistoric-recent continuities, adaptation and climatological relationships, site interpretations, technology and art, human biology, to the history of archaeological development.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Ottawa Press
    Release dateJan 1, 1979
    ISBN9781772820836
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