Bryan Hood is a professor at the Institute for Archaeology, University of Tromsø, Norway.
William W. Fitzhugh is Curator of Archaeology and Director of the Arctic Studies Center at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. His research centers on circumpolar archaeology, studies of northern culture history and art, culture contacts, and environmental change. Fieldwork has taken him to Scandinavia, Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Labrador, and Greenland. At the Smithsonian, he produced exhibitions including Crossroads of Continents, Vikings, Ainu, and Narwhal. His Mongolian research began in 2001 seeking connections with ancient Eskimo culture through the study of Deer Stone art. His Altai work, presented here, explores links between rock art and archaeology among nomadic peoples.
