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The Department of Ethnography in the National Museum of Denmark has
published the book: "Fifty Years of Arctic Research. Anthropological
Studies from Greenland to Siberia"

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"Fifty Years of Arctic Research" 344 pages i A4 format was published in
English by the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, 1997.

Content:

  • Gilberg & Gullov: Introduction (pp:7-14)
  • Klaus Ferdinand: Dreams which were not Realized - Together. (pp:
    15-18)
  • Jorgen Meldgaard: Selected Bibliography (pp: 19-22)
  • Claus Andreasen: Independence II in North East Greenland: Some New
    Aspects. (pp: 23-32)
  • Martin Appelt: Construction of an Archeological "Culture".
    Similarities and differences in early Paleo-Eskimo Cultures of
    Greenland. (pp:33-40)
  • Jette Arneborg: Cultural Borders: Reflections on Norse-Eskimo
    Interaction. (pp: 41-46)
  • Anne Bahnson: Ancient Skin Clothing passing through Copenhagen. (pp:
    47-56)
  • Hans-Georg Bandi: Arctic Prelude 1948: A Summer Full of Experience in
    North East Greenland. (pp: 57-64)
  • Joel Berglund: Two Dogs and a Dragon. (pp: 65-70)
  • Edmund Carpenter: 19th Century Aivilik Iglulik Drawings. (pp: 71-92)
  • Frederica de Laguna: The Fate of Krueger's Expedition. (pp: 93-98)
  • William W. Fitzhugh: Searching for the Grail: Virtual Archeology in
    Yamal and Circumpolar Theory. (pp: 99-118)
  • Bjarne Gronnow: The Saqqaq Harpoon: An Analysis of Early Paleo-Eskimo
    Harpoon Heads from Qeqertasussuk, West Greenland. (pp: 119-130)
  • Hans Christian Gullov: The Soul of the Prey. (pp: 131-140)
  • Jens Peder Hart Hansen: Repatriation of Ancient Human Remains. recent
    cases from the Arctic Region. (pp: 141-148)
  • Keld Hansen: Jigs from Greenland. (pp: 149-156)
  • Elmer Harp Jr.: Pioneer Settlements of the Belcher Island, NWT. (pp:
    157-168)
  • Hans Kapel: He who opens an Old Grave makes a Storm. Preservation
    activities in Greenland seen in a historian Perspective. (pp: 169-180)
  • Susan A. Kaplan: Developments in Labrador Inuit Archaeology Research.
    (pp: 181-186)
  • Inge Kleivan: Poetrty, Politica, and Archaeology in Greenland. (pp:
    187-194)
  • William S. Laughlin: Danish Arctic Scholarship with a Foreign Accent.
    (pp: 195-204)
  • Moreau S. Maxwell: The Canadian Arctic in Transition: Pre-Dorset to
    Dorset. (pp: 205-208)
  • Robert McGhee: Meeting Between Dorset Culture Palaeo-Eskimos and Thule
    Culture Inuit: Evidence from Brooman Point. (pp: 209-213)
  • Editorial: Arctic Fox and Blond Shaman. (p: 214)
  • Morten Meldgaard: Sisikasiity: The Place with the Fox Holes.
    (pp:215-220)
  • HansJürgen Müller-Beck: A Heavy Duty Chopping Tool from a Birnirk
    House in Ekven, Chukotka. (pp: 221-226)
  • Tina Moebjerg: New Aspects of the Saqqaq Culture in West Greenland.
    (pp: 227-236)
  • Jeppe Moehl: Greenland - A Quaternary Zoological View. (pp: 237-242)
  • Robert Petersen: On "Smell of forest" in Greenlandic Myths and
    Legends. (pp: 243-248)
  • Patrick Plumet: L'Importance Archéologique de la Région de
    Kangirsujiaq au Nunavik (Arctique Québécois): Un centre chamanique
    dorsétien?. (pp: 249-260)
  • Joëlle Robert-Lamblin: Death in traditional East Greenland: Age,
    causes and rituals. A contribution from anthropology to archaeology.
    (pp: 261-268)
  • Graham Rowley & Susan Rowley: Igloolik Island Before and After Jorgen
    Meldgaard. (pp: 269-276)
  • Helge Schultz-Lorentzen: Greenland and The National Museum of Denmark
  • The National Museum of Denmark and Greenland: Fragtments of a piece of
    Museum History. (pp: 277-286)
  • Patricia Sutherland: The Variety of Artstic Expression in Dorset
    Culture. (pp: 287-293)
  • George Swinton: Who Makes Inuit Art? Confessions by a
    para-anthropologist. (pp: 295-302)
  • Edmond Carpenter: Arctic Witnesses. (pp: 303-310)
  • Joint Bibliography: A complete list of all References. (pp: 311-329)
  • Index: Place names (464 entries). (pp: 330-334)
  • Index: Personal names (617 entries). (pp: 335-340)
  • Index: Subjects (382 entries). (pp: 341-344)

The book contains 20 maps, 25 tables and diagrams, and 200 illustrations
(photos).

For a review, please look at:

  • Arctic, journal of the Arctic Institute of North America,
    52(2):222-224, 1999.
  • Inuit Studies, 23(1-2):253-268: James W. Helmer

Or for more information contact:

Dr. Rolf Gilberg, Curator
Department of Ethnography
National Museum of Denmark
Frederiksholms Kanal 12
DK-1220 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Phone: +45/3347-3207
Fax: +45/3347-3320;
E-mail: rolf.gilberg [at] natmus.dk