NORTHERN ATHAPASKAN PEOPLES/2 BIG VOL./CANADA/RARE 1975

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NORTHERN ATHAPASKAN PEOPLES/2 BIG VOL./CANADA/RARE 1975 PROCEEDINGS: NORTHERN ATHAPASKAN CONFERENCE 1971. VOLUMES ONE AND TWO. EDITED BY A. MCFADYEN CLARK. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MAN MERCURY SERIES. CANADIAN ETHNOLOGY SERVICE, PAPER NO. 27. Ottowa: National Museums of Canada, 1975. First Edition Set. Very Scarce. A nice First Edition set of these two large, thick and heavy books, containing many papers and articles on the indigenous peoples of northern North America. With many maps, including a large folding map. Published more than 35 years ago, this set of books is now long out of print and very scarce, usually selling for between $80 and $100. Such a nice set of these books is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay. From the Introduction: "The first Northern Athapaskan Conference, sponsored by the National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, in Ottawa, March 18-20, 1971, was the fifth major Ethnology Division Conference. The first was concerned with ethnology in museums, the second with Algonkian linguistics, the third with band societies, and the forth with cultural ecology. This, the fifty in the series, provided an opportunity for seventeen scholars to meet, discuss current research and make future plans for investigation among the Northern Athapaskan tribes of Alaska and Canada. Specialists from four of the major anthopoligical disciplines--i.e., ethnology, archaeology, ethnohistory and linguistics participated. Unfortunately there were no human biologists or ethnomusicologists present, thus these two areas of research represented our major lacunae..." Contents include: --1. Athapaskan?; Matrilineal Kin Groups in Northwestern North America; Upper Koyukuk River Koyukon Athapaskan Social Culture: An Overview; Feuding and Warfare Among Northwestern Athapaskans; Without Fire: A Kutchin Tale of Warfare, Survival and Vengeance; The Contact History of the Subarctic Athapaskans: An Overview; etc. --2. Territorial Expansion of the Chipewyan in the 18th Century; The Ecological Basis of Chipewyan Socio-Territorial Organization; The Dog and the hare: Canine Culture in an Athapaskan Band; An Ethnographical Map of Great Bear Lake; Psychological Traits in Northern Athapaskan Culture; Some Isoglosses in Mackenzie-Drainage Athapaskan: First Steps Toward a Subgrouping; Some Notes on Plateau Athapaskans; The Place of Ipiutak-Related Assemblages from Interior Alaska in Western Athapaskan and Western Eskimo Prehistory; Kutchin Prehistory, as Seen from the Middle Porcupine Drainage, Northern Yukon Territory; Applications of the Direct Historic Approach in Central District of Mackenzie, NWT; Northern Athapaskan Research: Some Comments; etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two large, thick and heavy Quarto-sized softcover books; [(v + 349) + (ii + 350-803)] pages of text & numerous illustrations, including large fold-out at end of first volume. Very Good condition set of books: no torn or missing pages; no writing or markings in the text; no ownership markings. Original softcover binding with only light wear to spinetips & corners; only slight fraying to spine heads. A solid and attractive volume set of these scarce books. Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases. Media mail postage within the United States would be $4 for this item and $1 for each additional book. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $43; Canadian airmail postage $25.7 NO RESERVE $4.00 for Media Mail postage within the United States.$43.00 for international air mail postage. . 04.02.019 read more

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