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The Arctic Studies Center publishes reports, monographs, catalogues, conference proceedings, and a newsletter. Selected publications include:

Archeology of the Frobisher Voyages, William W. Fitzhugh and Jacqueline Olin (eds.), Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994

Anthropology of the North Pacific Rim, William W. Fitzhugh and Valerie Chaussonnet (eds.) Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994

Arctic Adaptations: Native Whalers and Reindeer Hunters, by Igor Krupnik, Hanover: University Press of New England, 1994

"Postglacial relative sea level history of the Labrador coast and interpretation of the archaeological record," byPeter U. Clark and William W. Fitzhugh, in Paleoshorelines and prehistory: an investigation of method, edited by Lucy L. Johnson, pp. 189-213, CRC Press, 1991

"Aboriginal Populations of the High Arctic Archipelagoes,"by Igor Krupnikin Issues in Ecology of the Polar Areas, edited by L.S. Bogoslovskaya, Vol.2, pp.78-83, Moscow: Nauka, 1991

"Une reserved'outils de la periode intermediaire sur la cote du Labrador," by Stephen Loring, in Recherches Amerindiennes au Quebec 19(2-3): 45-57. 1989

"Keeping things whole: nearly two thousand years of Indian (Innu) occupations in northern Labrador," by Stephen Loring, in Boreal Forestand Sub-Arctic Archaeology, edited by C.S. "Paddy" Reid, Ontario Archaeological Society: London, 1988

"Analysis of Wood and Charcoal Samples from Inuit Sites in Frobisher Bay," by Dosia Laeyendecker, in The Meta Incognita Project, edited by S.Alsford, pp. 199-210, Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1993

"Art and Iconography in the Hunting Ritual of North Pacific Peoples," in Proceedings of the 7th International Abashiri Symposium, "Animals in the Spiritual World of Northern Peoples," Abashiri: Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples, pp. 1-14, 1993

Papers from a symposium on Central Labrador Archeology," inArctic Anthropology 15 (2) 1978

Inua: Spirit World of the Bering Sea Eskimo, by William W. Fitzhugh and Susan A. Kaplan, 1983

Eskimos about Bering Strait, by E.W. Nelson, Classics in Smithsonian Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983 (Reprint edition by William W. Fitzhugh)

Cultures in Contact: The European Impact on Native Cultural Institutions in Eastern North America, A.D. 1000-1800 by William W. Fitzhugh, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985

Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition, by John Murdoch, Classics in Smithsonian Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988 (Reprint by William W. Fitzhugh)

Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska, by William W. Fitzhugh and Aron Crowell, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988

Crossroads Alaska: Native Cultures of Alaska and Siberia, by Valerie Chaussonnet, Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1995 (available from Arctic Studies Center)

"Alutiiq Poison Dart Whaling," by Aron Crowell, inAnthropology of the North Pacific Rim, William W. Fitzhugh and Valerie Chaussonnet (eds.), pp. 217-242, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994

"Evidence for a Large Earthquake 700-800 Years Ago in Aialik Bay, Southern Coastal Alaska," by Aron Crowell (with Daniel Mann), in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, in press

"World System Archaeology at Three Saints Harbor, An 18th Century Russian Fur Trade Site on Kodiak Island, Alaska," by Aron Crowell, Ph.D., dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, University Microfilms

"A Dendrochronological Study of the Origin of Driftwood in Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada," by Dosia Laeyendecker (with Olafur Eggertsson), in Arctic and Alpine Research, 27:2, May 1995

"Charcoal Identification," by Dosia Laeyendecker inDiversity and Complexity in Prehistoric Maritime Societies: A Gulf of Maine Perspective, by Bruce J. Bourque, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1995

Related Publications:

Ice-Age History of Alaskan National Parks, by Scott A. Elias, 1995

Film and Television
in Co-Production with the Arctic Studies Center:

"Mysteries of the lost Red Paint People," (with Spofford Films Inc.) a PBS NOVA broadcast on early Indian seafarers of Northeastern North America.

"Norse America," (with Spofford Films Inc.)a PBS NOVA broadcast on Viking discoveries in the New World.

"Baffin Island Field Notes 1991-1994," produced with Inuit Broadcasting of Canada, on the archeological research of the Frobisher voyages and their impact on Inuit life.

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To order Arctic Studies Center Publications call 202-357-2682