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Reconciling local, global, and Indigenous values : a history of the Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi World Heritage inscription

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The inscription of Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi on the World Heritage List in 2019 was the culmination of a fifteen-year long nomination process. The nomination recognized the international... More ≫

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The inscription of Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi on the World Heritage List in 2019 was the culmination of a fifteen-year long nomination process. The nomination recognized the international significance of this Blackfoot cultural landscape, but the process also exposed tensions between local, global, and Indigenous values. Consultation with Blackfoot and local settler communities during the National Historic Site of Canada commemoration that preceded the World Heritage site nomination indicated broad support for inscription of Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi. However, engagement with local settler communities during the World Heritage site nomination process led to multiple iterations of the submission, as the nomination team attempted to balance the original Blackfoot vision of a cultural landscape that extended beyond Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi against local community concerns with the nominated property boundaries and buffer zone. Integrating recent settler history within the...

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Archaeology on the brink : papers in honour of John W. Brink, 2023

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This volume is dedicated to Jack Brink who undertook ground-breaking research over his 40 year career with the Archaeological Survey of Alberta and Royal Alberta Museum. He produced many... More ≫

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This volume is dedicated to Jack Brink who undertook ground-breaking research over his 40 year career with the Archaeological Survey of Alberta and Royal Alberta Museum. He produced many publications and presentations for professional and avocational audiences, he played a formative role in the development of cultural resource management policy in Alberta, and was a creative and driving force in the establishment of world-class interpretive facilities and public programs. The papers in this volume discuss a variety of archaeological topics in Western Canada that continue Jack's legacy of shaping people and research.

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I’ll aways miss the point... and I still don’t know Jack

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This paper is an adapted conference presentation for inclusion in a collection of tributes to Jack Brink. The paper is meant to stand as a memory to those who attended the conference symposium and... More ≫

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This paper is an adapted conference presentation for inclusion in a collection of tributes to Jack Brink. The paper is meant to stand as a memory to those who attended the conference symposium and to honour an admired colleague.

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Bibliography of Jack W. Brink

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This is a bibliography of articles and book chapters by Jack W. Brink.

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Late Quaternary studies in Beringia and beyond, 1950-1993 : an annotated bibliography

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This annotated bibliography is designed as a research tool for Quaternarists interested in Beringia and adjacent areas. Beringia comprises the northern hemisphere region centred on Siberia and... More ≫

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This annotated bibliography is designed as a research tool for Quaternarists interested in Beringia and adjacent areas. Beringia comprises the northern hemisphere region centred on Siberia and Alaska-Yukon and bounded by the Lena River to the west and the Mackenzie River to the east. Other areas covered in this volume include western Siberia, northeasten China, northern Korea, and Japan. The bibliography includes references to research papers, books, monographs, short notes, theses, conference abstracts, conference reports, popular articles, and commentaries published between 1950 and 1993. The citations deal with surficial geology, glacial history, climate history, palaeontology, archaeology, and palaeoenvironments in Beringia between about 50,000 and 10,000 years before the present.

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