Alutiiq Engineering: The Mechanics and Design of Skeletal Technologies in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago

This dissertation expands current theoretical and practical knowledge of variability in the technological strategies practiced by past forager societies. Specifically, it examines the interplay between raw material innate and working properties, and tool design as they relate to skeletal media and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Margaris, Amy Vlassia
Other Authors: Kuhn, Steven L.
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193949