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Painting the Past with a Broad Brush
For over 50 years, J. V. Wright was a ground-breaking leader and inspiring mentor for the Canadian archaeological profession. This publication brings together 23 scholarly articles on various aspects of Canada’s ancient past that pay tribute to and reflect J. V. Wright’s diverse geographic and cultural interests in relation to Canadian archaeology and pre-history. This exceptional festschrift includes an annotated bibliography of J. V. Wright’s works.
History of the Native People of Canada
Covering the history of First Peoples in Canada from 10,000 to 1000 BC, this volume explores a period which includes the original settlement of the Americas, cultural diversification, technological advances, expanding trade networks, and the development of complex belief systems. A useful reference work for scholars and laypersons alike.
A Passion for the Past
A Passion for the Past features 22 articles that cover a wide range of subjects, including the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, linguistics, cosmology, Native perspectives on archaeology, palaeo-botany, physical anthropology and an original contribution by a late nineteenth-century archaeologist.
Passion for the Past
A Passion for the Past celebrates the late archaeologist James F. Pendergast. The book includes twenty-two essays on subjects ranging from archaeological ethnicity to Native perspectives on archaeology, and features several texts on the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, a subject dear to Pendergast’s heart.
History of the Native People of Canada, Volume III (A.D. 500 – European Contact)
Part 1 of the final volume of A History of the Native People of Canada treats eastern Canada and the southern Subarctic regions of the Prairies from A.D. 500 to European contact. It examines the association of archaeological sites with the Native peoples recorded in European documents and particularly the agricultural revolution of the Iroquoian people of the Lower Great Lakes and Upper St. Lawrence River. Part 2 was never completed, as the author passed away.
History of the Native People of Canada
Volume two examines such developments as the replacement of the earlier spearthrower by the bow and arrow, the introduction of pottery from the south, the importance of communal hunting of bison on the Plains, and the appearance of ranked societies on the West Coast.
A History of the Native People of Canada
This volume begins with the spread of Ice Age hunters across a land mass that once joined Asia and North America at a time when most of the country was covered by glacial ice and when animals such as mammoth and sabre-toothed cats occupied the tundra and lichen woodlands.
A History of the Native People of Canada: (10,000-1,000 BC)
Volume one of James V. Wright's classic study of Canada's First Peoples examines aboriginal history from 10,000 to 1,000 BC. This period includes the original settlement of the Americas, cultural diversification, technological advances, expanding trade networks, and the development of complex belief systems. Covering events and achievements from east to west, this volume explores key Native cultures in Canada, along with innovations ranging from the spear-thrower and togging harpoon to metallurgy and the bow and arrow. This fresh edition of the lavishly illustrated book includes a glossary and extensive bibliography, and is a useful reference work for scholars and laypersons alike.
