Haida Gwaii
Human History and Environment from the Time of Loon to the Time of the Iron People
edited by Daryl W. Fedje & Rolf Mathewes
The most isolated archipelago on the west coast of the Americas,inhabited for at least 10,500 years, Haida Gwaii has fascinatedscientists, social scientists, historians, and inquisitive travellersfor decades. This book brings together the results of extensive andvaried field research by both federal agencies and independentresearchers, and carefully integrates them with earlier archaeological,ethnohistorical, and paleoenvironmental work in the region. It impartssignificant new information about the natural history of Haida Gwaii,also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the adjacent areas ofHecate Strait. Chapters analyze new data on ice retreat, shoreline andsea level change, faunal communities, and culture history, providing amore comprehensive picture of the history of the islands from the lateglacial through the prehistoric period, to the time of Europeancontact, known to the Haida as the "time of the Iron People."
close this panelDaryl W. Fedje is an archaeologist with Parks Canadain Victoria, British Columbia. Rolf W. Mathewes isProfessor of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University.
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