Osteometry of Makah and Coast Salish dogs

Crockford, Susan J. (author.). Shigehara, Nobou, (contributor.). Onodera, Satoru, (contributor.). Eto, Moriharu, (contributor.). SFU Faculty Publication (Added Author). Archaeology Press, (publisher.).

Summary: Early historic and ethnographic accounts report the presence of two types of dogs (Canis familiaris) kept by the Makah and Coast Salish peoples of the south central Northwest Coast of Sorth America (southeastern Vancouver Island, northern Olympic Peninsula, the Gulf Islands, Puget Sound and the Fraser River Delta). These accounts describe a medium-sized, short-haired dog and a smaller, long-haired one. The small type or "wool" dog was reportedly kept almost exclusively for its thick soft fur, which was woven into blankets. The ethnohistoric evidence suggests that the two types of dogs were deliberately maintained as separate populations, with explicit economic reasons for doing so, and thus may constitute true breeds.

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ISBN: 0864911653
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xi,133 pages) : illustrations, maps
Publisher: Burnaby, B.C. : Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University, Dept. of Archaeology, 1997.

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