ANCIENT MEN OF THE ARCTIC by Giddings, J. Louis - 1968

London: Secker and Warburg, 1968. (xxxi) 391 pp. followed by an index. (xv) Black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; gray endpapers; illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Some wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; chipped at the foot of the spine with two tears at the head of the spine; price intact; no interior markings. The story of prehistoric cultures from the Bering Straits to Greenland by a distinguished American archeologist. The Contents are: Introduction by Henry B. Collins; Why Do We Dig; A Search for Old Beaches; The Outer Beach and the Changing Eskimos; Thule: Arctic Archeology Begins; Western Thule; The Artists and Magicians of Ipiutak; Ipiutak Beaches; Widening Horizons; Norton Beaches; Choris - Potters and Villagers; Old Whalers; Denbigh Beaches - The Old World Encoaches; The Interior - Indian or Eskimo; Arctic Woodlanders; Before Beach Ridges; and Onion Portage; followed by a bibliography, a glossary and an index. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo.