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The Northwest Coast and Plateau: Animals
Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 3: Environment, Origins, and Population (2007)
  • Sarah Campbell, Western Washington University
  • Virginia L. Butler, Portland State University
Abstract
Environment, Origins, and Population covers the natural environment of the continent to which Indian cultures adapted in prehistoric and historic times, natural resources utilized by these cultures, current knowledge of the earliest Indian occupation (before 9,000 B.C.), and the human biology of Indian and Eskimo populations, prehistoric, historic, and modern. There are 73 chapters written by 96 scholars from leading academic institutions and research firms. The volume is heavily referenced with a bibliography of 9,600 entries and a detailed index.
Keywords
  • Indian culture,
  • Prehistoric Indian cultures
Publication Date
2007
Editor
Douglad Ubelaker, volume editor
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Citation Information
Sarah Campbell and Virginia L. Butler. "The Northwest Coast and Plateau: Animals" Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 3: Environment, Origins, and Population Vol. 3 (2007) p. 263 - 273
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sarah-campbell/56/