Kwädąy Dän Ts'ìnchį : teachings from Long Ago Person Found

Greer, Sheila, (editor.). Hebda, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1950- (editor.). Mackie, Alexander (Alexander P.), (editor.). Royal BC Museum, (issuing body.).

Summary: "On a late summer day, many years ago, a young man set out on voyage through the mountains. He never reached his destination. When his remains were discovered by three BC hunters, perhaps three hundred years after he left the northern coast and vanished into a storm, his name had faded from even the long memory of the coastal people. They decided to call him Kwädąy Dän Ts'ìnchį--the Long Ago Person Found. The discovery of the Kwädąy Dän Ts'ìnchį man raised many questions. Where had he come from? Where was he going, and for what purpose? What did his world look like? But his remains, preserved in glacial ice for centuries, offered answers, too--as did the traditional knowledge and experience of the Indigenous peoples in whose territories he lived and died. In this comprehensive and collaborative account, scientific analysis and cultural knowledge interweave to describe a life that ended almost precisely as Europeans began to arrive in the northwest. What emerges is not only a portrait of an individual and his world, but also a model for how diverse ways of knowing, in both scholarly and oral traditions, can complement each other to provide a new understanding of our complex histories."--

Record details

ISBN: 0772666997
ISBN: 9780772666994
Physical Description: 688 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 28 cm.
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Publisher: Victoria, Canada : Royal BC Museum, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-666) and index (pages 671-688).

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Respecting the Discovery -- Introduction -- 1. Discovery of Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi -- 2. Natural Setting of the Discovery Region: Landscapes, Ecosystems and Species -- 3. Glacial Setting and Site Survey of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Discovery -- 4. Archaeological Fieldwork at the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Site and Surrounding Area -- 5. Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, Lichens and Algae from the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Discovery Site in Northwestern British Columbia -- 6. Radiocarbon Dating of Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Man and Associated Artifacts -- 2. People, History and Honouring -- Introduction -- 7. Contemporary Cultural Landscape of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Discovery Region -- 8. Consultation with Our Neighbours and Cultural Ceremonies in Honour of the Long Ago Person Found -- 9. Tatshenshini-Alsek History -- 10. Where Might He Have Been Headed? The Tatshenshini River Villages -- 3. Lessons from a Short Life -- Introduction -- 11. General Observations on the Conservation and Monitoring of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Human Remains during the Analysis Period -- 12. Review, Discussion and Interpretation of the Human Remains from the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Discovery -- 13. Analysis of Microorganisms in Bone and Muscle Tissues in the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Find -- 14. Parasitology and Entomology of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Find -- 15. Microbial DNA Analysis of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Individual's Tissues: The Identification of Helicobacter pylori and Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA -- 16. Origins of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Man Inferred through Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Analysis -- 17. Mineralization of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Man's Hair Samples: A Confounding Factor in Interpretation of Metal Content -- 18. Use of Cellular Structure in Ancient Frozen Human Remains to Predict DNA Retrieval -- 19. Stable Isotope Analysis to Reconstruct the Diet of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Man -- 4. Belongings and the Artifacts -- Introduction -- 20. Identification of Sockeye Salmon from the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Site -- 21. Technological and Stylistic Analysis of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Basketry Hat -- 22. Conservation of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Woven Hat and Wooden Artifacts -- 23. Wooden Artifacts from the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Site and Surrounding Area: An Analytical Catalogue -- 24. Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Copper Bead -- 25. Examination and Analysis of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Knife -- 26. Analysis, Documentation and Conservation of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Robe, Beaver-Skin Bag and Undesignated Fragments -- 27. Ancient DNA Analysis of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Robe and Sewn Bag -- 28. Forensic Botany of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Ground Squirrel Robe -- 5. Journeys -- Introduction -- 29. Traditional Stories of Glacier Travel -- 30. Living in and Travelling in Glacier and Mountain Landscapes -- 31. Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy: A Modern Tool for Unlocking Ancient Secrets About the Last Journey of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Man -- 32. His Travel Route: Retracing the Footsteps of the Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Man -- 6. Connections -- Introduction -- Wolf Ancestor -- 33. Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Community DNA Study: The Search for Living Relatives -- 34. Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi Project: A Successful Collaboration -- 35. Our Gopher Robe (Sal Ts'at) Project: Bringing an Old Art Form Back to Life -- 36. Spruce-Root Weaving: Hats, Baskets and Community Experiences -- 37. Kets'adan, Learning from the Discovery.