Holcombe Caribou People in the Light of Studies of Similar Surviving Hunters

Author(s): Edward J. Wahla

Year: 1967

Summary

This article describes the behaviors and migratory patterns of caribou and the hunting practices that the Holcombe people used to catch them. Wahla draws some comparisons of these practices with the Eskimo and other northern groups, as well as some comparisons with the buffalo hunting groups of the plains.

This resource is a pre-print version of the published article in the Totem Pole, the bulletin of the Aboriginal Research Club.

Cite this Record

Holcombe Caribou People in the Light of Studies of Similar Surviving Hunters. Edward J. Wahla. Totem Pole . 50: 3-8. 1967 ( tDAR id: 393051) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8D50NXM

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • ESKIMO • Great Lakes Indians • Holcombe • PaleoIndian

Site Name
Holcombe Beach • Holcombe Site

Site Type
Encampment

Investigation Types
Ethnohistoric Research

General
Caribou • Faunal Resources • Hunting Practices • Hunting Tools • Stone Tools • Technology

Geographic Keywords
Michigan (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
PaleoIndian

Spatial Coverage

min long: -83.129; min lat: 42.507 ; max long: -82.937; max lat: 42.639 ;

Notes

Administration Note: This resource is a pre-print version of the article published in Totem Pole.

Administration Note: A digital copy of this document has been made available in tDAR thanks to the assistance of Edward J Wahla's daughter, Marianne Holt, and his grandson, Jerome Wahla.

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