Bibliograph

Indians of the northwest coast

Type

Label

Indians of the northwest coast

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Indians of the northwest coast

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

American Museum of Natural History, New York Anthropological handbook, no. 10

Summary

Written by an outstanding authority and profusely illustrated, this is a comprehensive study of the Indians that lived from Yakutat Bay in Alaska to the northern coast of California. Originally published in the Anthropological Handbooks Series of The American Museum of Natural History, this volume vividly recreates the complexities and attainments of this unique culture of aboriginal America. The author first describes the land, people, and prehistory of the area and then considers each aspect of the culture: social structures and marriage customs, economy and technology, religion, rituals, art, wars, and feuds. Philip Drucker, an authority on the ethnology of the Pacific Coast, was educated at the University of California and was formerly with the Bureau of American Ethnology of The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Illustrated with over 70 drawings

Target audience

adult

Classification