Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Ethnology and Archaeology
Fecha(s)
- 1963 - 1982 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Serie
Volumen y soporte
15 cm of textual records
Área de contexto
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Materials described here date from 1963 to 1982 and consist of correspondence as well as research and study materials collected by George Swinton on the topics of Inuit art and culture, especially pertaining to the pre-contact/pre-historic periods. Also described here are items pertaining to an “Urgent Ethnology Program” proposal to document vanishing cultural practises and the “Thule Archaeological Conservation Project” as well as the expected impact of a US embargo on whalebone carvings and materials pertaining to the development of policies on archaeological sites by the government of the North West Territories.