Author : U. M. Franklin
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1772820954
Book Description
The results of investigations of copper technology and sources of copper of the prehistoric inhabitants of the North American Arctic and Subarctic are described. A total of 342 artifacts were examined from Arctic Small Tool tradition, Thule, Historic Eskimo, Chipewyan, Kutchin, and Ahtna contexts. Part 1 contains an analysis of copper composition, primarily by the neutron activation method, and a description of prehistoric manufacturing techniques. Part II is an annotated bibliography of metal occurrences in the north.