MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aGV200.4$b.F67 2011
100 1 $aFortescue, Michael D.
245 10 $aOrientation systems of the North Pacific Rim /$cMichael Fortescue.
260 $aCopenhagen :$bMuseum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen,$c2011.
300 $a138 p. :$bill., maps (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aMonographs on Greenland ;$vv. 352.
490 1 $aMan & society ;$vv. 42
504 $aIncludes bibliographical refererences.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The Wakashan family: coast vs. inlet -- Tsimshianic: riverine and coastal -- Haida: an isolated "large island" system -- Alaskan Na-Dene -- Eskimo orientation revisited -- Aleut: an archipelagoan system -- Chukotian systems: nomadic vs. sedentary -- Eskimo-Chukchi interaction at Bering Strait -- Nomadic and riverine neighbours of the Chukotians -- Nivkh: fishers and hunters of the lower Amur -- and beyond -- Of fire and water -- Conclusions.
520 $a"This book covers all the contiguous languages and cultures across the northern Pacific rim, from Vancouver Island in Canada to Hokkaido in northern Japan, plus the adjacent Arctic coasts of Alaska and Chukotka. These form a testing ground for recent theories concerning the nature and classification of orientation systems and their shared 'frames of reference, ' in particular the many varieties of 'landmark' systems typifying the Arctic and sub-Arctic. Despite the wide variety of languages spoken here (all of them endangered), there is much in common regarding their overlapping geographical settings and the ways in which terms for orientation within the microcosm (the house) and within the macrocosm (the surrounding environment) mesh throughout the region. This is illustrated with numerous maps and diagrams, from both coastal and inland sites. Attention is paid to ambiguities and anomalies within the orientation systems, as these may be clues to pre-historic movements of the populations concerned - from a riverine setting to the coast, from the coast to inland, or more complex successive displacements. Cultural factors over and beyond environmental determinism are discussed within this broad context."--Publisher's description.
650 0 $aOrientation$zNorth Pacific Region.
651 0 $aNorth Pacific Region$xLanguages.
830 0 $aMeddelelser om Grønland ;$vbd. 352.
830 0 $aMeddelelser om Grønland.$pMan & society ;$v42.