This is an extension of the author's earlier volume, "Eskimo
Orientation Systems". This time it covers all the contiguous
languages -- and cultures -- across the northern Pacific rim from
Van-couver Island in Canada to Hokkaido in northern Japan, plus the
adjacent Arctic coasts of Alaska and Chukotka. These form a testing
ground for recent theories con-cerning the nature and
classification of orientation systems and their shared 'frames of
reference', in particular the many varieties of 'landmark' systems
typifying the Arctic and sub-Arctic. Despite the wide variety of
languages spoken here (all of them endangered), there is much in
common as regards their overlapping geographical settings and the
ways in which terms for orientation within the microcosm (the
house) and within the macrocosm (the surrounding environment) mesh
throughout the region. This is illustrated with numerous maps and
diagrams, from both coastal and inland sites. Attention is paid to
ambiguities and anomalies within the systems revealed by the data,
as these may be clues to pre-historic movements of the populations
con-cerned -- from a riverine setting to the coast, from the coast
to inland, or more complex successive displacements. Cultural
factors over and beyond environmental determinism are discussed
within this broad context.
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