Haida Gwaii : Human History and Environment from the Time of Loon to the Time of the Iron People.

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Note on Radiocarbon Dating -- Part 1: Paleoenvironmental History -- 1 Late Quaternary Geology of Haida Gwaii and Surrounding Marine Areas -- 2 Hecate Strait Paleoshorelines -- 3 Terrestrial Paleoecology of Haida Gwaii and the Continental Shelf: Vegetation, Climate, and Plant Resources of the Coastal Migration Route -- 4 Vegetation History of Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii, and Its Relationship to Climate Change and Human Settlement -- 5 The Evolution of Endemic Species in Haida Gwaii -- 6 History of the Vertebrate Fauna in Haida Gwaii -- Part 2: Haida Traditional History -- 7 Tllsda Xaaydas K'aaygang.nga: Long, Long Ago Haida Ancient Stories -- 8 Taadl, Nang Kilslaas, and Haida -- Part 3: Haida History through Archaeological Research -- 9 Overview of Cultural History -- 10 Millennial Tides and Shifting Shores: Archaeology on a Dynamic Landscape -- 11 Kilgii Gwaay: An Early Maritime Site in the South of Haida Gwaii -- 12 Test Excavations at Raised Beach Sites in Southern Haida Gwaii and Their Significance to Northwest Coast Archaeology -- 13 Raised Beach Archaeology in Northern Haida Gwaii: Preliminary Results from the Cohoe Creek Site -- 14 The Graham Tradition -- 15 Gwaii Haanas Settlement Archaeology -- 16 Shoreline Settlement Patterns in Gwaii Haanas during the Early and Late Holocene -- Conclusion: Synthesis of Environmental and Archaeological Data -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

This book brings together the results of extensive and varied field research by both federal agencies and independent researchers, and carefully integrates them with earlier archaeological, ethnohistorical, and paleoenvironmental work in the region.

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