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BOOK #1:
"Deering - a Men's house from Seward Peninsula, Alaska"
Helge Larsen (edited by Martin Appelt)
Helge Larsen (1905-1983) is still one of the most renowned Arctic
prehistorians, with published works covering the full span of the
Arctic, from Greenland to Alaska. This volume, describing the excavation
of an Ipiutak Men's house from about 1300 BP, is the only manuscript he
never saw completed. The excavations revealed one of the best preserved
dwelling structures ever found from this time period. The book provides
the reader with unique insights into an example of prehistoric Alaskan
architecture, along with a comprehensive discussion and illustration of
the more than 2000 artifacts, including some of the earliest evidence
for the use of canoes, dog-pulled sledges, and snowshoes.
ISBN 87-89384-84-9
145 pages
33 B&W illustrations
32 artifact plates
$19.95 (USD)
BOOK #2:
"Shamanism and Traditional Belief"
edited by Torben A. Vestergaard
These papers represent the latest research on religion in the North
Atlantic. The relationship between human society and the other realms is
explored, looking at ritual, dreams, imagery and other shamanistic
practices.
There are extensive cross-cultural resemblances between such beliefs and
practices within the northern regions. Historically such issues have
taken place in different disciplinary frameworks with limited mutual
contact.
In the tradition of North Atlantic Studies, scholars from different
disciplines and research communities are brought together in the
presentation of common themes in and around the North Atlantic areas. In
this volume the contributors are anthropologists, archaeologists,
folklorists, biologists and, presenting a different viewpoint, a
shamanic therapist.
Contents: Introduction (Torben A. Vestergaard); Erotic Dreams, Mystical
Kinship and Shamanism (Bernard Saladin d'Anglure); Bear Imagery in
Palaeo-Eskimo Art (Patricia D. Southerland); Ritual Play at an Inuit
Winter Feast (Jarich G. Oosten); Palaeo-Eskimoic Shamanism (Ulla
Odgaard); Sources of Greenlandic Shamanism: survey and ethnohistorical
implications (Birgitte Sonne); Sources of Charisma: ritual, household
knowledge and inspiration in Mongolia (Katherine Swancutt); The Hunter
as a Human "Kind": hunting and shamanism among the Upper Kolyma
Yukaghirs of Siberia (Rane Willerslev); The Seal Woman Tradition in the
Faroe Islands - past and present (Anna Brimnes); Dream Sharing in
Contemporary Iceland: an anthropological study of tradition in modern
society (Adrienne Heijnen); Faroese Pilot Whaling: conditions, practice
and superstition (Dorete Block); Exploring Seidhr: a practical study of
the seidhr ritual (Annette Host).
ISBN 87-98342-47-9
80 pages
illustrations (Aarhus UP, North Atlantic Studies 4, 2001)
$13.00 (USD)