Nuussuarmiut: Hunting Families on the Big Headland
Demography, subsistence and material culture in Nuussuaq, Upernavik, Northwest Greenland
Distributed for Museum Tusculanum Press
239 pages
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© 2008
This book describes the life in a small hunting community in Northwest Greenland. It is based on fieldwork carried out by the author from 1966 to 1968 and documents in detail the traditional material culture, ways of hunting and fishing, daily life and festive occasions of an Inuit society not yet influenced by European culture.
Contents
Foreword and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Upernavik district
2. Nuussuaq
3. The ecosystem
4. The annual cycle
5. Materials and tools
6. Transport
7. Clothing
8. Hunting and fishing
9. Women’s work and equipment
10. Houses
11. Sports, games and pastimes
12. Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix 1: Some examples of hunting trips
Appendix 2: Examples of polar bear hunts
Appendix 3: Two examples of walrus attacks on kayak hunters
Appendix 4: Women as hunters
Appendix 5: List of Greenlandic words in the text
Introduction
1. Upernavik district
2. Nuussuaq
3. The ecosystem
4. The annual cycle
5. Materials and tools
6. Transport
7. Clothing
8. Hunting and fishing
9. Women’s work and equipment
10. Houses
11. Sports, games and pastimes
12. Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix 1: Some examples of hunting trips
Appendix 2: Examples of polar bear hunts
Appendix 3: Two examples of walrus attacks on kayak hunters
Appendix 4: Women as hunters
Appendix 5: List of Greenlandic words in the text
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