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The Cordillera - Volume 6

Author : Christopher Bennett
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312314354
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Cordillera - Volume 6 written by Christopher Bennett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each early June the world's toughest mountain bike race kicks off from Banff Canada. The race course follows dirt roads, muddy tracks, and snow covered mountains along the Continental Divide to the Mexican border, some 2,750 miles in total. This race, this cannonball run of pain, is called the Tour Divide and is unique in the world of sport: the clock never stops and no outside support is allowed. The Cordillera is the journal of the Tour Divide. The Cordillera is about things that break - broken bodies, broken bikes, broken spirits. Between these covers are people at their lowest, their most physically and emotionally depleted. Volume 6 of The Cordillera describes the 2014 race. But as always, the Cordillera is about focusing and getting on with the job of trying to reach Antelope Wells. The common thread to all stories is the incredible strength of the human spirit, and what can be achieved if we really try.

Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 6, 1839)

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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9781422377925
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 6, 1839) written by and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Author : Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226865061
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1799, Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. But what started as a trip to investigate a relatively minor geographical controversy became the basis of a five-year exploration throughout South America, Mexico, and Cuba. The discoveries amassed by Humboldt and Bonpland were staggering, and much of today’s knowledge of tropical zoology, botany, geography, and geology can be traced back to Humboldt’s numerous records of these expeditions. One of these accounts, Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, firmly established Alexander von Humboldt as the founder of Mesoamerican studies. In Views of the Cordilleras—first published in French between 1810 and 1813—Humboldt weaves together magnificently engraved drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. In doing so, he offers an alternative perspective on the New World, combating presumptions of its belatedness and inferiority by arguing that the “old” and the “new” world are of the same geological age. This critical edition of Views of the Cordilleras—the second volume in the Alexander von Humboldt in English series—contains a new, unabridged English translation of Humboldt’s French text, as well as annotations, a bibliography, and all sixty-nine plates from the original edition, many of them in color.

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1058 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1050 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Catalogue and Index of Contributions to North American Geology, 1732-1891

Author : Nelson Horatio Darton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1060 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Catalogue and Index of Contributions to North American Geology, 1732-1891 by : Nelson Horatio Darton

Download or read book Catalogue and Index of Contributions to North American Geology, 1732-1891 written by Nelson Horatio Darton and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1092 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report of Work Done in the Division of Chemistry and Physics, Mainly During the Fiscal Years 1884-[1893

Author : Frank Wigglesworth Clarke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 992 pages
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Download or read book Report of Work Done in the Division of Chemistry and Physics, Mainly During the Fiscal Years 1884-[1893 written by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

House documents

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1072 pages
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Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tobacco Use by Native North Americans

Author : Joseph C. Winter
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806132624
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Tobacco Use by Native North Americans written by Joseph C. Winter and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently identified as a killer, tobacco has been the focus of health warnings, lawsuits, and political controversy. Yet many Native Americans continue to view tobacco-when used properly-as a life-affirming and sacramental substance that plays a significant role in Native creation myths and religious ceremonies. This definitive work presents the origins, history, and contemporary use (and misuse) of tobacco by Native Americans. It describes wild and domesticated tobacco species and how their cultivation and use may have led to the domestication of corn, potatoes, beans, and other food plants. It also analyzes many North American Indian practices and beliefs, including the concept that Tobacco is so powerful and sacred that the spirits themselves are addicted to it. The book presents medical data revealing the increasing rates of commercial tobacco use by Native youth and the rising rates of death among Native American elders from lung cancer, heart disease, and other tobacco-related illnesses. Finally, this volume argues for the preservation of traditional tobacco use in a limited, sacramental manner while criticizing the use of commercial tobacco. Contributors are: Mary J. Adair, Karen R. Adams, Carol B. Brandt, Linda Scott Cummings, Glenna Dean, Patricia Diaz-Romo, Jannifer W. Gish, Julia E. Hammett, Robert F. Hill, Richard G. Holloway, Christina M. Pego, Samuel Salinas Alvarez, Lawrence A Shorty, Glenn W. Solomon, Mollie Toll, Suzanne E. Victoria, Alexander von Garnet, Jonathan M. Samet, and Gail E. Wagner.

Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change

Author : Malcolm F. Cairns
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317750187
Total Pages : 1405 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change written by Malcolm F. Cairns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 1405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.

The Archive of Place

Author : William Turkel
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774840862
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Archive of Place written by William Turkel and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Archive of Place weaves together a series of narratives about environmental history in a particular location � British Columbia's Chilcotin Plateau. In the mid-1990s, the Chilcotin was at the centre of three territorial conflicts. Opposing groups, in their struggle to control the fate of the region and its resources, invoked different understandings of its past � and different types of evidence � to justify their actions. These controversies serve as case studies, as William Turkel examines how people interpret material traces to reconstruct past events, the conditions under which such interpretation takes place, and the role that this interpretation plays in historical consciousness and social memory. It is a wide-ranging and original study that extends the span of conventional historical research.

An Introduction to Native North America

Author : Mark Q. Sutton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000349160
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Native North America written by Mark Q. Sutton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Native North America provides a basic introduction to the Native peoples of North America, covering what are now the United States, northern Mexico, and Canada. In this updated and revised new edition, Mark Q. Sutton has expanded and improved the existing text, adding to the case studies, updating the text with the latest research, increasing the number of images, providing more coverage of the Arctic regions, and including new perspectives, particularly those of Native peoples. The book addresses the history of research, the European invasion, and the impact of Europeans on Native societies. A final chapter introduces contemporary Native Americans, discussing issues that affect them, including religion, health, and politics. The book retains a wealth of pedological features to aid and reinforce learning. Featuring case studies of many Native American groups, as well as some eighty-four maps and images, An Introduction to Native North America is an indispensable tool to those studying the history of North America and its Native peoples.

Travels Among the Dena

Author : Frederica de Laguna
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295801050
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Travels Among the Dena written by Frederica de Laguna and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This robust and engaging travel narrative re-creates a remarkable adventure in the summer of 1935, when Frederica de Laguna, then in her late 20s, led a party of three other scientists down the rivers of the middle and lower Yukon valley, making a geological and archaeological reconnaissance. De Laguna has based her story on her field notes, journals, and letters home. She augments this first-hand account with excerpts from the reports of earlier explorers and data published after her trip. The result is a fascinating and informative cross-cut of historical events along the Yukon River and its tributaries. Travels Among the Dena chronicles the expedition from its outfitting in Seattle and the trip by steamer and railway to Fairbanks and Nenana, through an 80-day journey on skiffs down the Tanana and Yukon rivers to Holy Cross near the coast, with side trips on the Koyukuk, Khotol, and Innoko rivers, before a one-day return flight to Fairbanks with pioneer bush pilot Noel Wien. Maps illustrate the route taken downriver, and the author’s photographs capture images of the time. The resulting volume is both a delightful addition to the literature of travel adventure in Alaska and an important contribution to the discipline of anthropology.

Catalogue of the New York State Library. January 1, 1846

Author : New York State Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
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Amerindian Rebirth

Author : Canadian Anthropology Society. Meeting
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802077035
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Amerindian Rebirth written by Canadian Anthropology Society. Meeting and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now few people have been aware of the prevalence of belief in some form of rebirth or reincarnation among North American native peoples. This collection of essays by anthropologists and one psychiatrist examines this concept among native American societies, from near the time of contact until the present day. Amerindian Rebirth opens with a foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere that contrasts North American and Hindu/Buddhist/Jain beliefs. The introduction gives an overview, and the first chapter summarizes the context, distribution, and variety of recorded belief. All the papers chronicle some aspect of rebirth belief in a number of different cultures. Essays cover such topics as seventeenth-century Huron eschatology, Winnebago ideology, varying forms of Inuit belief, and concepts of rebirth found among subarctic natives and Northwest Coast peoples. The closing chapters address the genesis and anthropological study of Amerindian reincarnation. In addition, the possibility of evidence for the actuality of rebirth is addressed. Amerindian Rebirth will further our understanding of concepts of self-identity, kinship, religion, cosmology, resiliency, and change among native North American peoples

Projectile Technology

Author : Heidi Knecht
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489918515
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Projectile Technology written by Heidi Knecht and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artifacts linked to projectile technologies traditionally have provided the foundations for time-space systematics and cultural-historic frameworks in archaeological research having to do with foragers. With the shift in archae ological research objectives to processual interpretations, projectile technolo gies continue to receive marked attention, but with an emphasis on the implications of variability in such areas as design, function, and material as they relate to the broader questions of human adaptation. The reason that this particular domain of foraging technology persists as an important focus of research, I think, comes in three parts. A projectile technology was a crucial part of most foragers' strategies for survival, it was functionally spe cific, and it generally was fabricated from durable materials likely to be detected archaeologically. Being fundamental to meat acquisition and the principal source of calo ries, projectile technologies were typically afforded greater time-investment, formal modification, and elaboration of attributes than others. Moreover, such technologies tend to display greater standardization because of con straints on size, morphology, and weight that are inherent to the delivery system. The elaboration of attributes and standardization of form gives pro jectile technologies time-and space-sensitivity that is greater than most other foraging technologies. And such sensitivity is immensely valuable in archae ological research.