Eskimo Architecture: Dwelling and Structure in the Early Historic Period
by Lee, Molly & Reinhardt, Gregory A.

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Eskimo Architecture: Dwelling and Structure in the Early Historic Period: The architecture of the people collectively known as Eskimos represents a diversified and successful means of coping with one of the most severe climates humankind can inhabit. The pervasive, popular image of the snow-dome construct known as an igloo is but one form of built environment authors Molly Lee and Gregory Reinhardt identify in this first book-length descriptive study of that entire remarkable architecture.

Lee and Reinhardt, acknowledged experts in this field, present an overview of the materials contained in accounts covering the period between Frobisher's 1577 expedition to the northern edge of the Western Hemisphere through the first half of the twentieth century. This comprehensive survey of the literature, though it reports on the built forms found in the whole area inhabited by the Eskimo peoples, concentrated on the structures erected by the residents of the Arctic, those living at 60 N and poleward. The authors discuss geography, climate, and ethnography as they relate to this indigenous architecture, then consider housing in four subregions of the area. They further distinguish the dwellings by time of year (summer, winter, and transitional-season housing) and include special-use structures. Although this is very much an object-oriented study, the authors also summarize certain beliefs, rituals, and customs as they relate to architecture.

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ISBN-10:	1889963224
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781889963228
Author:	Lee, Molly & Reinhardt, Gregory A.
Publisher:	University of Alaska Press Fairbanks, Alaska
Publication Date:	4/2003
Pages:	216 pages
Size/Dimensions:	0.75 x 9.0 x 11.5 inches
Binding:	Hardcover

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Eskimo Architecture: Dwelling and Structure in the Early Historic Periodby Lee, Molly & Reinhardt, Gregory A.

Eskimo Architecture: Dwelling and Structure in the Early Historic Period
by Lee, Molly & Reinhardt, Gregory A.