文档介绍：Molly Lee and Gregory A. Reinhardt
Foreword by Andrew Tooyak, Jr.
U NIVERSITY OF ALASKA PRESS and UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM ~ Fairbanks
© 2003 University of Alaska Press
International Standard Book Number: 1-889963-22-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lee, Molly.
Eskimo architecture : dwelling and structure in the early historic period /
Molly Lee and Gregory A. Reinhardt ; foreword by Andrew Tooyak, Jr.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-889963-22-4 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Eskimo architecture. 2. Eskimos--Dwellings. 3. Vernacular
architecture--Arctic regions. 4. Architecture, Domestic--Arctic
regions. I. Reinhardt, Gregory A. II. Title.
L4174 2002
728'.089'971--dc21
2002012706
This publication was printed on acid-free paper that meets the minimum
requirements for American National Standards for Information Sciences—
Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI -1984.
Publication of this book was supported in part by a fund established to honor
Tom English, in gratitude and respect for his scientific acumen, instructional
skills, and capacity to inspire research and researchers, by students who stud-
ied under his direction.
Book and cover design by Dixon J. Jones, UAF Rasmuson Library Graphics.
Endsheet drawings of Eskimo oil lamps by Stoney Harby.
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To Nelson Graburn, friend and teacher
—ML
To Karen, Allison, and Eric, with love
—GAR
To James W. VanStone—Jim—with fond remembrance
—ML AND GAR
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD, IX
PREFACE, XI
INTRODUCTION, 1
Igloos and Accuracy ~ Scope and Definitions ~ Physiography, Prehistory,
and Seasonality
1 GREENLAND, 9
WINTER HOUSES, 9
East and West Greenland munal Houses ~ Polar Eskimo Stone
Houses ~ Alternative Winter Dwellings ~ Aspects of Winter House Life
TRANSITIONAL DWELLINGS, 22
SUMMER DWELLINGS, 22
East and West Greenland Large Single-Arch Tents ~ West Greenland
Double-Arch