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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Tables and Maps
Notes on the Text
Introduction
Project Rationale
The Northern Eurasia Setting
Types of Boats
Structure of the Book
Methods and Data
1. Northern Eurasia
Geography and River Systems
Peoples and Cultures
Boreal Forest (Taiga) and Tundra Zones
Climate and Temperature Change
Archaeology, Dating, and Chronological Periods
Small Boats in North America and Their Connection to Northern Eurasia
2. Boat Classification, Construction, and Regional Distribution
Classification of Bark and Skin Boats
Birch-Bark Canoes
Regional Survey of Canoe Types
Canoes Made of Elm, Larch, and Other Barks
Open Skin Boats and Kayaks
3. Northern Europe: Germany, the Southern Baltics, and Fennoscandia
Pre-Viking Wood and Skin Boats in Germany and Southern Sweden
The Scottish “Finnmen”: Inuit Kayakers of Mistaken Identity
American Indian Bark Canoe Experiments in Sweden and Finland
The Saami: A Triple Heritage of Bark, Log, and Skin Boats
4. Northeastern Europe: The Eastern Baltics and Western Urals
Karelian Boatbuilders and Fur Traders
Novgorod: A Baltic Russian Trade Federation
The Maritime Pomor: Russian Hunters of the White Sea
The Komi-Zyrians: Fur Hunters and Traders of the Mezen-Pechora Forest
The Sihirtia and the Pechora Chud: Pre-Samoyed Peoples of the Barents and Kara Sea Coasts
5. Western Siberia: The Ob River and Yamal Peninsula
The Nenets: Reindeer Herders and Sea Hunters of the Lower Ob River
The Khanty: Ob-Ugrian Inland and Coastal Fishermen
The Mansi: Mountain Hunters of the Ural Forests
The Selkup: Forest Hunters of the Middle Ob
The Southern Samoyed: Hunters and Herders of the Altai and Sayan Mountains
The Tatars of the Northern Altai: Mountain Hunters of the Siberian Forest
6. Central Siberia: The Yenisey River and the Taimyr Peninsula
The Nganasan: Arctic Tundra Hunters of Taimyr
The Enets of the Taz and Yenisey Estuaries
The Dolgan: Mixed Settlers of Taimyr
The Ket (Yenisey Ostyak): Boat People of Central Siberia
The Yenisey River Evenk: Tungus in the West
The Mongol: Skin Boats, Rafts, and Floats for Horse People
The Buryat: Skin Boats for Cattle Breeders and Forest Hunters
7. Eastern Siberia: The Lena River Basin and Transbaikal
The Yukagir and the Chuvan: Eskimo-Like Peoples of Diminished Fortune
The Lena River and the Transbaikal Evenk: Nomadic Tungus in Eastern Siberia
The Even: Lamut-Tungus People of the Okhotsk Coast
The Sakha: Turkic Cattle Breeders in the Yakutian Subarctic
8. Pacific Siberia: Chukotka, Kamchatka, and the Kuril Islands
The Chukchi: Reindeer-Herding Warriors and Traders
The Siberian Yupik: Eskimo Skin Boat Masters of the Bering Strait and Chukotka
The Kerek: Coastal Dwellers of the Western Bering Sea
The Koryak: People of Penzhina Bay and Kamchatka
The Itelmen: Fishermen and Hunters of Volcanic Kamchatka
The Kushi and Kuril Ainu: Island Dwellers of the Northwest Pacific
9. The Far East: Manchuria, Sakhalin Island, China, and Northern Japan
The Nivkh: Marine Hunters of the Southern Okhotsk Sea and Sakhalin
The Nanay and Ulch: River People of the Amur, Ussuri, and Songhua Basins
The Udege and the Oroch: Peoples of the Ussuri River and Tatar Strait
The Negidal: Canoe Fishermen of the Amgun River
The Manchu: Masters of Manchuria and the Amur River Basin
The Ainu: Maritime Hunters, Fishers, and Traders of Yezo and Sakhalin
The Amur Evenk: Tungus Who Returned to Their Manchurian Homeland
The Chinese and Tibetans: Skin Rafts and Coracles for River Traders and Travelers
Summary: East Meets West
Epilogue: Alaska and Eurasia—Divergence and Continuity across the Bering Strait
Comparison Baseline
Ethnographic Evidence
Archaeological Evidence
Origin, Diffusion, and Evolutionary Theories
The Ever-Changing Boat: Future Prospects
Appendix: Literature on Eurasian Bark Canoes and Skin Boats
Original Diaries, Books, and Papers
Key Sources
Glossary
Canoe and Boat Terms
Geographic, Cultural, and Other Terms
Acknowledgments
References
Index
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