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edition:Paperback
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category: Social Science
published: Jul 2006
ISBN:9780774809221
publisher: UBC Press

Haida Gwaii

Human History and Environment from the Time of Loon to the Time of the Iron People

edited by Daryl W. Fedje & Rolf Mathewes

tagged: archaeology, native american
Description

The most isolated archipelago on the west coast of the Americas, inhabited for at least 10,500 years, Haida Gwaii has fascinated scientists, social scientists, historians, and inquisitive travellers for decades. This book brings together the results of extensive and varied field research by both federal agencies and independent researchers, and carefully integrates them with earlier archaeological, ethnohistorical, and paleoenvironmental work in the region. It imparts significant new information about the natural history of Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the adjacent areas of Hecate Strait. Chapters analyze new data on ice retreat, shoreline and sea level change, faunal communities, and culture history, providing a more comprehensive picture of the history of the islands from the late glacial through the prehistoric period, to the time of European contact, known to the Haida as the “time of the Iron People.”

About the Authors

Daryl W. Fedje


Rolf Mathewes

Contributor Notes

Daryl W. Fedje is an archaeologist with Parks Canada in Victoria, British Columbia. Rolf W. Mathewes is Professor of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University.

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