
Muskoxen and Their Hunters
A History
Peter C. Lent(Author)
University of Oklahoma Press
Will be published approx. on 30. January 2000
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-8061-3170-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this first major work on the muskox, Peter C. Lent presents a comprehensive account of how its fortunes have been intertwined with our own since the glaciations of the Pleistocene era.Drawing from paleontology, archaeology, anthropology, and Indian and Inuit lore, Lent examines muskoxen in prehistory. Changing concepts in biology, conservation and management, animal husbandry, and contemporary arctic economics complete the picture. In uniting these themes, Lent refutes the idea that the muskox is an ""ice age relict,"" arguing that it was never numerous, even during the glacial era. Once considered an endangered species, the muskox today has an expanding economic role in northern lands.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oklahoma
United States
Illustrations
34 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
822 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8061-3170-2 (9780806131702)
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