Browsing Department of Anthropology by Title
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An analysis of language provisions in the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
(GETIC, Université Laval, 2003)The Nunavut Act and Nunavut Land Claims Agreement were negotiated in response to a plethora of needs and desires, as expressed by the Government of Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Tungavik ... -
Are the Biological Differences Between North American Indians and Eskimos Truly Profound? [Comment]
(The University of Chicago Press, 1978-12-01) -
Australian Tooth-Size Clines and the Death of a Stereotype [Comment]
(The University of Chicago Press, 1980-01-01) -
The Aveline's Hole 9 Cranium: A Partial Solution to a Long Standing Enigma
(University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 2012)Aveline's Hole is both one of the best-known sites with early human skeletal material in Britain and one of the most problematic in its history. First discovered and explored at the close of the 18th century, it yielded ... -
Avelines's Hole: An Unexpected Twist in the Tale
(University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 2019)Aveline’s Hole is the largest known Early Mesolithic cemetery in Britain, previously thought to have no evidence for subsequent burial activity. Thus, it came as some surprise when the results of a recent ancient human DNA ... -
The Bering Land Bridge
(Wayne State University Press, 1967-01-01) -
A bibliography of ethnobotanical usage among cultures of Algonkian type
(The University of Winnipeg Press, 1968-01)The present bibliography of published materials attempts to convey the available data on Native North American cultures of Algonkian type. The search was supported by the Northern Studies Committee of the University of ... -
Children’s acquisition of literacy in syllabic scripts
(2022-06)This paper, emerging from questions from teachers, parents, and educational policy makers in Canadian Inuit communities, summarizes the results of a literature review of English-language sources addressing children’s ... -
Children’s Acquisition of Literacy in Syllabic Scripts: Annotated Bibliography
(2022)The Children’s Acquisition of Literacy in Syllabic Scripts project synthesizes existing knowledge about children’s acquisition of literacy in syllabic scripts, biliteracy in syllabic and alphabetic scripts, and the impact ... -
A chrono-geographic look at Mesolithic burials: an initial study
(Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, 2016)Over the past decade we have focused on two interrelated topics within Mesolithic burial studies, the relationship between burial number and burial date, and the chronology of Mesolithic sites with burials. Related to this ... -
Community-anchored assessment of Indigenous second language learning in K-12 schools
(2022)Indigenous second language programs in K-12 schools contribute to culturally nourishing education and to the revitalization of Indigenous languages. Assessing Indigenous second language learning presents particular ... -
Craniometric analysis of European Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic samples supports discontinuity at the Last Glacial Maximum
(Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2014-06-10)The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) represents the most significant climatic event since the emergence of anatomically modern humans (AMH). In Europe, the LGM may have played a role in changing morphological features as a ... -
A Demographer's View of Prehistoric Demography
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Formation of inspiration
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Inuit Perspectives on Sustaining Bilingualism in Nunavut
(Université Laval, 2009)This article presents an Inuit perspective on how bilingualism and biliteracy may be achieved and sustained in Nunavut. The Nunavut Literacy Council interviewed "language role models" (i.e., Inuit who are admired for their ... -
Inuit principals and the changing context of bilingual education in Nunavut
(Université Laval, 2016)Inuit principals and the changing context of bilingual education in Nunavut Although positive policies and laws promote the Inuit language and Inuit qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) in all sectors of Nunavut society, including at ... -
Inuktitut and Inuit youth: Language attitudes as a basis for language planning
(Université Laval, 2014)The objective of this thesis is to identify language perceptions and attitudes among Inuit youth (18-25 years old) in three Baffin Island communities: Iqaluit, Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet. The premise of the study is that ... -
Isotopic reconstruction of the weaning process in the archaeological population of Canímar Abajo, Cuba: A Bayesian probabilities mixing models approach
(Public Library of Science, 2017-05-01)The general lack of well-preserved juvenile skeletal remains from Caribbean archaeological sites has, in the past, prevented evaluations of juvenile dietary changes. Canímar Abajo (Cuba), with a large number of well-preserved ... -
Le Crâne des Anthropomorphes [Book Review]
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The Miqqut project: Joining literacy, culture and well-being through non-formal learning in Nunavut
(Ilitaqsiniq - Nunavut Literacy Council, 2013)This research documents the outcomes of non-formal traditional skills programs with embedded literacy. A community-based research team conducted one hundred interviews with participants and instructors of five non-formal ...
