Cecil H. Brown, Dana Lepofsky, Kent G. Lightfoot, Nancy J. Turner

Linguistic and Genetic (mtDNA) Connections between Native Peoples of Alaska and California

Ancient Mariners of the Middle Holocene

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the linguistic and biological relationship between the Aleuts of coastal southwest Alaska and the Utians of coastal central California. Both groups speak languages diverging in the Middle Holocene Period from a common parent language. During this period, the Utians migrated by watercraft to the San Francisco Bay.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781666915105
• ISBN-10: 1666915106
• Artikelnr.: 71231866

Autorenporträt

By Cecil H. Brown; Kent G. Lightfoot; Nancy J. Turner and Dana Lepofsky

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Comparative Approaches in Historical Linguistics
Chapter 2: Evaluation of Aleut-Utian Comparative Evidence
Chapter 3: Structural Similarity of Aleut and Utian
Chapter 4: Mitochondrial DNA Evidence
Chapter 5: Other Relationship Proposals for Aleut and Utian
Chapter 6: Along the Way to San Francisco Bay: Loanwords
Chapter 7: Ethnobiological Setting
Chapter 8: Archaeological Perspective
Chapter 9: Culture History Reconstruction
Chapter 10: Contributions, Controversies, and Continuing Study
Coda
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors