Anderson, Douglas D., editorAnderson, Wanni W., editorUniversity of Alaska Press, publisher2022-04-252022-04-252019https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234821Includes bibliographical references and index.The book describes the lifeways of the Inupiat of the lower Kobuk River Valley around the beginning of the 19th century, as gleaned from archaeological and oral historic research. Spanning the time just prior to and following the arrival of Otto von Kotzebue to the shores of Kotzebue Sound, our account focuses on that momentous point in history that set the stage for the incorporation of Inupiat into Western culture and the World economy. It describes what may well have been Northwest Alaska's most powerful riverine nation - the Amilgaqtuayaaqmiut - and its interactions with neighboring Inupiaq and Athapaskan peoples at the time. We make the case that this powerful nation was in fact a major political entity, one of several nations comprising the three regional Inupiaq groupings along the Kobuk River described by Ernest S. Burch, Jr. in his University of Alaska Press publications, "The Inupiaq Eskimo Nations of Northwest Alaska" (1998) and "Social Life in Northwest Alaska" (2006). Contrary to Burch who considered the 3 regional groupings as primary societal formations, we see the Amilgaqtuayaaqmiut and other similarly organized social groups as the region's primary polities.--Provided by publisher.Chapter 1. The Archaeology of Swift Water Place / Douglas D. Anderson and Bruce J. Lutz -- Chapter 2. Survival and Settlement on the Kobuk: A Zooarchaeological Investigation of Two Northwest Alaska Houses / Rebekah DeAngelo and Zoe Weiss -- Chapter 3. Geophysical Investigations at Swift Water Place / Thomas M. Urban -- Chapter 4. Dendrochronology of Swift Water Place and Other Tree-Ring Samples from Northwest Alaska / Carol Griggs, Cynthia Kocik, Thomas M. Urban, and Sturt W. Manning -- Chapter 5. Iñuułiq Niġisuk: Bioarchaeological Assessment of Human Remains Recovered from Swift Water Place / Gary P. Aronsen -- Chapter 6. Genetic and Microscopic Analysis of Human Dental Calculus from Swift Water Place / Christina Warinner, Andrew Ozga, Anita Radini, Krithivasan Sankaranarayanan, and Cecil M. Lewis Jr. -- Chapter 7. Stable Isotopic Dietary Analysis of Human and Faunal Remains from Swift Water Place / Peter W. Ditchfield, Thomas M. Urban, and Douglas D. Anderson -- Chapter 8. Molecular Genetic Analysis of the Human Remains at Swift Water Place / Justin Tackney, Elisa Fair, and Dennis H. O'Rourke -- Chapter 9. Triangulating Oral History, Archaeology, and Geophysics at Swift Water Place / Wanni W. Anderson -- Chapter 10. Northwest Alaska Iñupiaq Historiography / Douglas D. Anderson and Wanni W. Anderson.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Inupiat -- Social life and customs -- 19th centuryInupiat -- Alaska -- Kobuk River Valley -- History -- 19th centuryInupiat -- First contact with other peoples -- Alaska -- Kobuk River ValleyTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.