For centuries, Inuit and their ancestors have been building beautiful rock structures known as inuksuit across the Arctic and sub-Arctic. But such monuments are not limited to the Inuit culture, and in fact tukiliit - the Inuktitut term for all meaningful stone objects - are found all over the world. "Tukiliit" ventures to Iceland, India, the Faroe Islands, and the Utah desert to document a range of inuksuk-like figures. It features ninety stunning images of these unique objects, both ancient and contemporary, alongside Norman Hallendy's thoughtful insights into what inuksuit are, why the Inuit build them, and what they can tell us about life and death in the Far North.
- ISBN10 1602230579
- ISBN13 9781602230576
- Publish Date 1 August 2009
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 24 June 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Alaska Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9781602230576