William W. Fitzhugh
Author of Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
About the Author
William W. Fitzhugh is the director of the Arctic Studies Center and curator in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. He is the editor of several books, including Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People (1999) and Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of show more Siberia and Alaska (1988). Elisabeth I. Ward is the curatorial specialist for the Vikings project at the National Museum of Natural History's Arctic Studies Center. show less
Image credit: William W. Fitzhugh in 2009 [credit: Wilfred E. Richard; source: William W. Fitzhugh]
Works by William W. Fitzhugh
Cultures in contact : the impact of European contacts on native American cultural institutions, A.D. 1000-1800 (1985) 32 copies
Gifts from the ancestors : ancient ivories of Bering Strait (2009) — Editor and Contributor — 13 copies
Environmental archeology and cultural systems in Hamilton Inlet, Labrador; a survey of the central Labrador coast from… (1972) 8 copies
Associated Works
Lapps and Labyrinths: Saami Prehistory, Colonization and Cultural Resilience (2010) — Director's Note — 14 copies
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- Canonical name
- Fitzhugh, William W.
- Other names
- Fitzhugh, William Wyvil, IV (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1943-02-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Education
- Harvard University (PhD | Anthropology | 1970)
Dartmouth College - Occupations
- anthropologist
archaeologist - Organizations
- Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Arctic Studies Center
American Anthropological Association
Arctic Institute of North America
International Association for Arctic Social Science - Awards and honors
- Stiegler Award (1984)
Smithsonian Distinguished Lecturer Award (2003)
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Short biography
- William Fitzhugh is director of the Arctic Studies Center at the Smithsonian Institution. [retrieved from Amazon 1/29/2012]
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Statistics
- Works
- 17
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 837
- Popularity
- #30,527
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 20