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- Title
NUU-CHAH-NULTH WHALING: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO ANTIQUITY, SPECIES PREFERENCES, AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE.
- Authors
Monks, Gregory G.; McMillan, Alan D.; St. Claire, Denis E.
- Abstract
Presents archaeological insights into the antiquity, species preferences and cultural importance of whales to the aboriginal Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootkan) of Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Archaeological sites in Nuu-chah-nulth, Dididaht and Makah territories; Evidences suggesting the antiquity of whale use and whale hunting; Implications of settlement pattern and social system on whale species exploited by Nootka Indians.
- Subjects
BRITISH Columbia; BARKLEY Sound (B.C.); CANADA; NOOTKA (North American people); WHALING; ARCHAEOLOGY; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Arctic Anthropology, 2001, Vol 38, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
0066-6939
- Publication type
Article