The archaeology and history of an Arctic mission, Herschel Island, Yukon /
Nancy Saxberg.

Description

Main Author

Saxberg, Nancy.

Related Names

Yukon Territory. Heritage Branch.

Language(s)

English

Published

[Whitehorse] : Yukon Tourism, Heritage Branch, 1993.

Subjects

Church of England > Church of England / Missions > Church of England / Missions / Yukon > Church of England / Missions / Yukon / Herschel Island.
Whaling > Whaling / Yukon > Whaling / Yukon / Herschel Island Region.
Whaling > Whaling / Yukon > Whaling / Yukon / Herschel Island.
Kitchen-middens > Kitchen-middens / Yukon > Kitchen-middens / Yukon / Herschel Island.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Excavations (Archaeology) / Yukon > Excavations (Archaeology) / Yukon / Herschel Island.
Pauline Cove Site (NjVi-3) (Herschel Island, Yukon)
Herschel Island (Yukon) > Herschel Island (Yukon) / History.

Summary

This interpretation of the results of the excavation of an early twentieth-century refuse pit at St. Patrick's Anglican Mission, Pauline Covve, Herschel Island (off the north coast of Yukon), focusses on the evidence of the colonial process in the north and of the effects of the whaling industry.

Note

Includes abstract in French.

Physical Description

iii, 103 p. ; 28 cm.

ISBN

9781550185522
1550185527

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