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Nuussuarmiut: hunting families on the big headland: demography, subsistence and material culture in Nuussuaq, Upernavik, Northwest Greenland (Man & Society 35)

By Keld Hansen

Book information

Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Year
2008
ISBN
8763510847, 9788763510844
Google Books ID
Y8P1aQsObt8C
Open Library ID
OL23059723M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4758249 bytes)
Pages
242\242
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Исторические дисциплины;Этнография и этнология;Этн

Description

This book describes life in a small hunting community in Northwest Greenland. It is based on fieldwork carried out by the author from 1966 to 1968 and documents in detail the traditional material culture, ways of hunting and fishing, daily life, and festive occasions of an Inuit society not yet influenced by European culture. The historical background of the settlement from the establishment in 1923 is outlined. Daily life in the settlement itself and out on the hunting grounds is followed through a whole year and all processes are documented in the many original photographs. The book demonstrates a surprising stability in the life of the hunting families, not due to conservatism but because experience has shown them that this way of living is the most suited to the given conditions. At the time of the field study, new tools and a number of other items had been introduced. In a large number of cases, they are used in conjunction with more traditional tools.

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