topic:"Archaeology" found 61 records - Research Collections

Fenollosa and his circle

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1962

Author: Brooks, Van Wyck

Publisher: New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.

Call Number: 05 B79f

Author: Brooks, Van Wyck

Publisher: New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.

Published Date: 1962

Physical Description: 321 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Japanese; Japan; Art; Slavery; Archaeology; Mexico; Mayan; Biography

Abstract: A parade of fascinating personalities -- intellectuals, artists, travelers and explorers -- moves through this rich and colorful book of biographical essays by the author of Makers and Finders. --From dust cover

Contents: Fenollosa and His Circle ; Fanny Wright ; John Lloyd Stephens ; George Catlin ; Charles Wilkes ; Charles Godfrey Leland ; Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast ; Randolph Bourne

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 05 B79f

Collection: Archives Library

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Diving into the past : relics from the rapids

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1967

Author: Wheeler, Robert C

Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta

Call Number: 08.1 W56 Pam

Author: Wheeler, Robert C

Responsibility: Centennial Conference on the History of the Canadian West : 1967 : Banff

Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta

Published Date: 1967

Physical Description: 13p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Archaeology; Fur trade

Call Number: 08.1 W56 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Record in stone

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1967

Author: Humphreys, J.T.

Publisher: Calgary : Archaeological Society of Alberta

Call Number: 07.2 H88r Pam

Author: Humphreys, J.T.

Responsibility: compiled by J.T. Humphreys

Publisher: Calgary : Archaeological Society of Alberta

Published Date: 1967

Physical Description: [8] p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Archaeology

Abstract: Pertains to a collection of information on projectile points common to Alberta, organized by J.T. Humphreys. The publication provides to-size images of various projectile points found in the Alberta region. Prior to them being found by archaeologists, the projectile points likely belonged, and were used by Indigenous Peoples. Readers can expect to learn more about the projectile points that were common in Alberta in previous millenniums.

Accession Number: 3069 a

Call Number: 07.2 H88r Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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O. A. Christensen fonds

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Part Of: O. A. Christensen fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs of artifacts and fossils uncovered during the 1969 Archeological Survey of Banff National Park

Date Range: 1969

Reference Code: V132

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: O. A. Christensen fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 132

Sous-Fonds: V 132

Accession Number: 1186

Reference Code: V132

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1969

Physical Description: 42 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: O. A. Christensen was an archaeologist based at the University of Calgary, Alberta

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs of artifacts and fossils uncovered during the 1969 Archeological Survey of Banff National Park

Name Access: Christensen, O. A.

Subject Access: Archaeology; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Science and technology

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Related Material: Accompanied by report titled "1969 Archeological Survey of Banff National Park" by O. A. Christensen, Department of Archeology, University of Calgary. Copy in Archives library

Creator: Christensen, O. A.

Category: First nations; Science and technology

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Canada West magazine, vol.1, no.3, fall 1969

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1969

Call Number: 08.2 C16c Pam

Published Date: 1969

Physical Description: 32 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Archaeology; British Columbia; Pictographs

Notes: Original magazine

Call Number: 08.2 C16c Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Years & years ago : a prehistory

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1971

Author: MacDonald, Robert

Publisher: Calgary : The Ballantrae Foundation

Call Number: 03.1 M14

Author: MacDonald, Robert

Publisher: Calgary : The Ballantrae Foundation

Published Date: 1971

Physical Description: vii, 208p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Archaeology; Paleontology

Notes: Bibliography

Accession Number: 3069

Call Number: 03.1 M14

Collection: Archives Library

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Indian rock carvings of the Pacific Northwest

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1971

Author: Meade, Edward

Publisher: Sidney, B.C., Gray's Pub

Call Number: 07.2 M46i

Author: Meade, Edward

Responsibility: Edward Meade

Publisher: Sidney, B.C., Gray's Pub

Published Date: 1971

Physical Description: 96 pages illustrations 24 x 28 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Petroglyphs; Archaeology

Abstract: Pertains to a collection of Indigenous created petroglyphs found by Edward Meade, an amateur archaeologist, along the coast of Alaska and the Columbia River. Passionate about his work, Edward Meade made observations and comments on the styles of the records. Some of the locations in which petroglyphs were found include, but are not limited to the following; Northern Alaska, Tlingit Country, Bella Bella Country, Bella Coola, Haida Country, Southern Kwakiutl, Nootkan Territory and Nanaimo. While not Indigenous himself, Meade talks of the history of the petroglyphs and attempts to access the changes, meanings and his observations.