On Aboriginal representation in the gallery (Mercury series)

Type

Book

Authors

Lyna Jessup ( Jessup, Lyna )

Shannon Bagg ( Bagg, Shannon )

ISBN 10

0660187493

ISBN 13

9780660187495

Tags

Indigenous art -- Canada -- Exhibitions, Inuit art -- Canada -- Exhibitions, Art museums -- Canada, Indigenous art -- Canada, Inuit art -- Canada, Modern Art -- 20th century -- Exhibitions, Museums -- Acquisitions -- Canada, Canadian art, Indigenous art, Inuit art, Museum exhibits

Abstract

"This book provides a glimpse of thirteenth-century life and death in a southern Ontario Iroquoian community. The renovation of a Toronto soccer field in 1997 resulted in the accidental discovery of an Iroquoian ossuary--a large pit containing the remains of at least 87 people. The pit was excavated and recorded, and the remains reburied in accordance with the wishes of the Six Nations Council of Oshweken. Scientific analyses of the bones resulted in a remarkably detailed demographic profile of the Moatfield people, along with indicators of their health and diet. The book reports these findings and includes a complete database of maps and profiles on an accompanying CD-ROM. Ronald F. Williamson is president of Archaeological Services Inc., Toronto. Susan Pfeiffer is professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto."--Amazon.

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