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Lee, Molly & Gregory A. Reinhardt. Eskimo Architecture: Dwelling and Structure in the Early Historic Period.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Univ. of Alaska, dist. by Univ. of Washington. 2003. 216p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-889963-22-4. $45. ANTHRO
Eskimos have had Western contact for more than four centuries, so it comes as a surprise that until now there has never been a full-fledged study of traditional Eskimo architecture. Lee (Univ. of Alaska) and Reinhardt (Univ. of Indianapolis), both experts in the cultures of Arctic peoples, have pooled their doctoral research to produce the first all-encompassing catalog of building types once found from Greenland to Alaska. Today's Eskimos live in Westernized houses; few examples remain of the ice, sod, rock, and animal skin dwellings of …
