Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

William Fitzhugh

Senior Scientist, Curator of North American Archaeology and Director, Arctic Studies Center
Department / Division
Education
  • Ph.D., Harvard University
  • B.A., Dartmouth College
  • M.A., Harvard University
Research Interests

Archeology and ethnology of northern Canada and United States, circumpolar regions, and Mongolia; Arctic material culture; Arctic social science policy; cultural ecology of the North; ethnographic and prehistoric maritime adaptations; culture and climatology

Publications
Book
  • Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav. 2023. Deer Stones of Northern Mongolia, Fitzhugh, William W., editor. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center and IPI Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2023. Archaeology of Bronze Age Mongolia: A Deer Stone Diary. Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution and Inuit Press International.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Barreiro-Arguelles, Sarai, Amaro, Francisco Rivera, and Fitzhugh, Ben. 2023. Smithsonian 2022 Surveys in Northwest Newfoundland and Testing a Basque Whaling Station in St. Paul River, Quebec. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav. 2022. Deer Stones of Northern Mongolia, Fitzhugh, William W., editor. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center and International Polar Institute Press.
  • Richard, Wilfred E. 2021. Northern Light: My Life Behind a Lens, Fitzhugh, William W. and Ramsfield, Gracie, editors. Hanover, NH: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center and IPI Press.
  • Luukkanen, Harri and Fitzhugh, William W. 2020. The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia. Washington DC: Smithsonian Scholarly Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Nweeia, Martin T., editors. 2017. Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend. Hanover, New Hampshire: IPI Press and Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2017. Surveys in Groswater Bay and excavations at Hart Chalet and St. Paul River, Quebec. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution; Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2017. The Gateways Project 2016: Surveys in Groswater Bay, Labrador, and St. Paul River, Quebec, and Excavations at Hart Chalet. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2016. The Gateways Project 2015: Archaeological Surveys in Groswater Bay and Excavations at Hart Chalet, Fitzhugh, William W., Marchman, Jacob, and Slotten, Chelsi, editors. Washington DC: Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2015. The Gateways Project 2014: Land Excavations at Hart Chalet. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Phaneuf, Eric. 2014. The Gateways Project 2013: Land and Underwater Excavations at Hare Harbor and Brador. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Richard, Wilfred. 2014. Maine to Greenland: Exploring the Maritime Far Northeast. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2013. Frederica de Laguna 1906-2004, a biographical memoir. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Kortuym, Richard, and Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav. 2013. Rock Art and Archaeology: Investigating Ritual Landscape in the Mongolian Altai 2012, Fitzhugh, William W., editor. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Phaneuf, Erik, Delmas, Vincent, Herzog, Anja, Poulin, Jennifer, and Oyarbide, Lourdes Odriozola. 2013. The Gateways Project 2012: land and Underwater Excavations at Hare Harbor, Petit Mecatina, and Little Canso Island, Fitzhugh, William W., editor. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Kortum, Richard, editors. 2012. Rock Art and Archaeology: Investigating Ritual Landscape in the Mongolian Altai. Field Report 2011. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Fleming, Laura, and Marr, Lauren, editors. 2012. 18th Inuit Studies Conference Program: Arctic / Inuit / Connections. Learning From the Top of the World. October 24-28, 2012. Washington D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2012. American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2011. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2012. The Gateways Project 2011: Land & Underwater Excavations at Hare Harbor, Mécatina. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., editor. 2011. American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2011.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. The Gateways Project 2009: Land Excavations at Hare Harbor, Mécatina. Washington DC: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Bayarsaikhan, J. 2010. American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2009. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Rossabi, Morris, and Honeychurch, William, editors. 2009. Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Washington D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Bayarsaikhan, J. 2009. American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2008. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Bayarsaikhan, J. 2008. American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2007. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Hood, Bryan C. 2008. Towards an archaeology of the Nain Region, Labrador, Fitzhugh, William W., editor. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. In Contributions to circumpolar anthropology ; v. 7.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2007. American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2006. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel and Fitzhugh, William W. 2007. Progress Report on the 2004 Memorandum of Understanding: Report on the MOU between The Mongolian Academy of Sciences, The National Museum of Mongolian History, and the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2006. American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2005. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Chrétien, Yves, Phaneuf, Erik, and Sharp, Helena. 2006. The Gateways Project 2006. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Chretien, Yves, Phaneuf, Erik, and Sharp, Lena. 2006. The Gateways Project 2005: Surveys and Excavations from Mutton Bay to Harrington Harbor. Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and George, Michael Leader. 2006. Mongolia Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2005. Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Frohlich, Bruno, and DePriest, Paula T. 2005. The Deer Stone Project: Exploring Northern Mongolia and its Arctic The Hovsgol Deer Stone Project: 2004 Symposium Proceedings and Field Report. Arctic Studies Center and The National Museum of Mongolian History.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, and Marsh, Peter K. 2005. The Deer Stone Project: Anthropological Studies in Mongolia 2002-2004. Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, and National Museum of Mongolian History.
  • Khlobystin, Leonid Pavlovich. 2005. Taymyr : the archaeology of northernmost Eurasia, Fitzhugh, William W. and Pitulko, Vladimir V., editors. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. In Contributions to circumpolar anthropology, v. 5.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Bayarsaikhan, J., and Marsh, Peter K., editors. 2004. The Deer Stone Project: Anthropological Studies in Northern Mongolia 2002-2004.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Sharp, Helena, editors. 2004. The Hovsgol Deer Stone 2003 Field Report.
  • Dubreuil, Chisato O. and Fitzhugh, William W. 2004. From the Playground of the Gods. The Life and Art of Bikky Sunazawa. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2004. The Hovsgol Deer Stone Project, 2003. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., editor. 2003. Gateways of St. Lawrence.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., editor. 2003. Mongolia's Arctic Connections: The Hovsgal Deer Stone Project 2001-2002. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Sharp, Helena. 2003. The Gateways Project 2003. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Sharp, Helena. 2003. Surveys and excavations from Hare Harbor to Jacques Cartier Bay. Gateways project 2003. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Khlobystin, L. P., Pituko, V., and Fitzhugh, William W. 2003. Taymyr, the Archaeology of Northenmost Eurasia. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2002. Archaeological survey of the Quebec lower north shore, Gulf of St. Lawrence, from Mingan to Blanc Sablon. Gateways project 2001. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Gallon, Matt. 2002. The Gateways Project 2002. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Gallon, Matthew D. 2002. Surveys and excavations from Petit Mécatina to Belles Amours. Gateways project 2002. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Krupnik, Igor and Fitzhugh, William W., editors. 2001. Gateways : exploring the legacy of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1897-1902. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. In Contributions to circumpolar anthropology, v. 1..
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2001. Mongolia's Arctic Connections: The Hovsgol Deerstone Project. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2001. Gateways Project 2001. Archaeological Survey of the Quebec Lower North Shore, Gulf of St. Lawrence, from Mingan to Blanc Sablon. Washington, D.C: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Loring, Stephen, and Odess, Daniel. 2001. Honoring Our Elders: The History of Eastern Arctic Archaeology. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Krupnik, Igor and Fitzhugh, William W. 2001. Gateways 1. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Krupnik, Igor and Fitzhugh, William W. 2001. Gateways: Exploring the Legacy of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Ward, Elisabeth I., editors. 2000. Vikings : the North Atlantic saga. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the National Museum of Natural History.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Ward, Elisabeth I. 2000. Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Dubreuil, Chisato O., editors. 1999. Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1994. Anthropology of the North Pacific rim / Chaussonnet, Valérie. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Olin, Jacqueline S., editors. 1993. Archaeology of the Frobisher Voyages. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Kaplan, Susan A. 1993. Inua: spirit world of the Bering Sea Eskimo. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1985. Cultures in Contact: The European Impact on Native Cultural Institutions in Eastern North America, A.D. 1000-1800. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Kaplan, Susan. 1982. Inua : spirit world of the Bering Sea Eskimo. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Kaplan, Susan A. 1982. Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1975. Prehistoric maritime adaptations of the circumpolar zone. The Hague : Mouton ; Chicago : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1972. Environmental Archeology and Cultural Systems in Hamilton Inlet, Labrador: A Survey of the Central Labrador Coast from 3000 B.C. to the Present. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, 16. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810223.16.1.
Conference Proceedings
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2023. "Deer Stones and the Bronze to Iron Age Transition in Mongolia." from 15th Annual International Mongolian Studies Conference in Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Mongolian Studies Conference. 15, 83–89. (Library of Congress Asia Division) Washington D.C.: Mongolia Studies Center.
  • Crowell, Aron L., Krupnik, Igor, Fitzhugh, William W., Engelstad, Bernadette, Dean, Bernadette, Harper, Kenneth, MacKenzie, Scott, Michelsen, Knud, Kleist, Mari, Griebel, Brendan, Sonne, Birgitte, Pratt, Kenneth, Shokarev, Sergei, Schwalbe, Daria, Appelt, Martin, Nielsen, Bent, Norbert, Eileen, and Bronshtein, Michael. 2021. "From Greenland to the Pacific: Centennial of the Fifth Thule Expedition, 1921-1924." in Alaska Journal of Anthropology. 19 (1-2), iii–269. 46th Annual meeting of the Alaska Anthropological Association (Nome, Alaska) 2019-02-28. Alaska Anthropological Association.
  • Cole, Daniel G. and Fitzhugh, William W. 2020. "Visualization and Spatial Analysis of Archaeological Landscape Ritual in the Mongolian Altai." from 14th Annual Mongolian Studies Conference "Art and Culture Among the Mongols". 13, 13–21. (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) 2020-02-07. Washington, DC: Mongolia Cultural Center.
Report
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2023. 2023 Quebec Field Report: Archaeology of a Basque Whaling Station in St. Paul River, Quebec Lower North Shore. Washington DC: Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2020. The Gateways Project 2019: Excavations at Hart Chalet, Grand Isle, and Bonne Esperance. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2019. The Gateways Project 2019. Excavations at Hart Chalet, Grand Isle, and Bonne Esperance. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution. In Arctic Studies Center Field Reports.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2019. The Gateways Project 2018: Surveys in Groswater Bay and Excavations at Hart Chalet, Grand Isle, and Grand Plain. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. Fitzhugh, William W. Arctic Studies Center Field Reports.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2018. The Gateways Project 2017: Surveys in Groswater Bay, Labrador, and Excavations at Hart Chalet and St. Paul River, Quebec. Fitzhugh, William W. ed. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. In Arctic Studies Center Gateways Project Reports.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., editor. 2011. The Gateways Project 2010: Land Excavations at Hare Harbor, Mecatina. Washington DC: Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/10088/81585.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2008. Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, editor. Washington D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. The Gateways Project 2008. Land and Underwater Excavations at Hare Harbor, Mecatina. Ford, Ben, editor. Washington DC: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav. 2008. American Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2007. Fitzhugh, William W., editor. Washington D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Phaneuf, Erik. 2008. The Gateways Project 2007: Land and Underwater Excavations at Hare Harbor, Mecatina. Fitzhugh, William W., editor. Washington D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
Journal Article
  • Barreiro-Arguelles, Sarai, Rivera-Amaro, Francisco, and Fitzhugh, William W. 2023. "A Small Basque Whaling Station in St. Paul River, Quebec." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 21 125–131.
  • Barreiro-Argulles, Sarai, Fitzhugh, William W., Loewen, Brad, and Fitzhugh, Ben. 2023. "On the Question of the Tent Rings, Caribou, and Inuit in Northwest Newfoundland." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 21 7–17.
  • Robson, Harry K., Lucquin, Alexandre, Admiraal, Marjolein, Dolbunova, Ekaterina, Adamczak, Kamil, Czekaj-Zastawny, Agnieszka, Fitzhugh, William W., Gumiński, Witold, Kabaciński, Jacek, Kotula, Andreas, Kukawka, Stanisław, Oras, Ester, Piezonka, Henny, Piličiauskas, Gytis, Sørensen, Søren A., Thielen, Laura, Wetzel, Günter, Meadows, John, Hartz, Sönke, Craig, Oliver E., and Heron, Carl P. 2022. "Light Production by Ceramic Using Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers of the Circum-Baltic." Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2022.12.
  • Loring, Stephen and Fitzhugh, William W. 2022. "A Note on Shell Island-1 (GcBi-11) and Some Thoughts on the Labrador Ramah Chert Trade." Provincial Archaeology Office 2021 Archaeology Review, 20 74–80.
  • Chechushkov, Igor V., Valiakhmetov, Iliya A., and Fitzhugh, William W. 2021. "From adaptation to niche construction: Weather as a winter site selection factor in northern Mongolia, the Quebec Lower North Shore, and the southern Urals." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101258.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2021. "Epilog: Reflections on the Fifth Thule Centennial." Alaska Journal of Anthropology, 19, (1) 264–269.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2021. "An 1820s Forest Farm in the Fairlee Hills, Vermont." The Journal of Vermont Archaeology, 15 68–94.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav. 2021. "Khadag and Zunii Gol: Animal Art and the Bronze to Iron Age Transition in Northern Mongolia." Vestnik, 66, (3) 908–933. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.313.
  • Martin, Jeff and Fitzhugh, William W. 2021. "The Martin North River Site and the Saunders Phase in Labrador." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 19 62–74.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Mlyniec, Michael, Chechushkov, Igor, and Loewen, Brad. 2020. "Kettle Head and the Inuit of Grand Isle: Basques, Boulder Pits, and Excavations on the Quebec Lower North Shore." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 18, (2019) 61–70.
  • Taylor, William Timothy Treal, Clark, Julia, Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Tuvshinjargal, Tumurbaatar, Jobe, Jessica Thompson, Fitzhugh, William, Kortum, Richard, Spengler, Robert N., Shnaider, Svetlana, Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Hart, Isaac, Case, Nicholas, Wilkin, Shevan, Hendy, Jessica, Thuering, Ulrike, Miller, Bryan, Miller, Alicia R. Ventresca, Picin, Andrea, Vanwezer, Nils, Irmer, Franziska, Brown, Samantha, Abdykanova, Aida, Shultz, Daniel R., Pham, Victoria, Bunce, Michael et al. 2020. "Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia." Scientific Reports, 10, (1) Article 1001. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57735-y.
  • Taylor, William Timothy Treal, Clark, Julia, Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Tuvshinjargal, Tumurbaatar, Jobe, Jessica Thompson, Fitzhugh, William, Kortum, Richard, Spengler, Robert N., Shnaider, Svetlana, Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Hart, Isaac, Case, Nicholas, Wilkin, Shevan, Hendy, Jessica, Thuering, Ulrike, Miller, Bryan, Miller, Alicia R. Ventresca, Picin, Andrea, Vanwezer, Nils, Irmer, Franziska, Brown, Samantha, Abdykanova, Aida, Shultz, Daniel R., Pham, Victoria, Bunce, Michael et al. 2020. "Author Correction: Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia." Scientific Reports, 10, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60516-2.
  • Taylor, William, Fantoni, Marcello, Marchina, Charlotte, Lepetz, Sébastien, Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Houle, Jean-Luc, Pham, Victoria, and Fitzhugh, William W. 2020. "Horse sacrifice and butchery in Bronze Age Mongolia." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 31 Article 102313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102313.
  • Brake, Jamie and Fitzhugh, William W. 2019. "The Rigolet Archaeological survey Project 2018." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 17, (2018) 27–37.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2019. "Paradise Gained, Lost, and Regained: Pulse Migration and the Inuit Archaeology of the Quebec Lower North Shore." Arctic Anthropology, 56, (1) 52–76. https://doi.org/10.3368/aa.56.1.52.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Luukkanen, Harri T. 2019. "The Indigenous Watercraft of Northern Eurasia." Sankt-Peterburgskii Universitet.Vestnik., 64, (2) 476–500.
  • Fitzhugh, William, DePriest, Paula T., Solazzo, Caroline, and Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav. 2019. "Darkhad Textile Recovery and Conservation Project." Arctic Studies Newsletter, 26 61–62.
  • Marchman, Jacob A., Fitzhugh, William W., and Maisel, Mary. 2019. "Gateways 2018: More Evidence from Hart Chalet, Grand Plain, Belles Amours, and Grand Isle." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 17, (2018) 155–166.
  • Marchman, Jacob, Fitzhugh, William W., and Maisel, Mary. 2019. "Gateways 2018: More Evidence from Hart Chalet, Grand Plain, Belles Amours, and Grand Isle." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 17, (2018) 157–168.
  • Taylor, William, Wilkin, Shevan, Wright, Joshua, Dee, Michael, Erdene, Myagmar, Clark, Julia, Tuvshinjargal, Tumurbaatar, Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Fitzhugh, William, and Boivin, Nicole L. 2019. "Radiocarbon dating and cultural dynamics across Mongolia's early pastoral transition." PLOS ONE, 14, (11) Article e0224241. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224241.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Brake, Jamie. 2018. "The Rigolet Project IV: Mason Island, Snooks Cove, and Lake Melville." Provincial Archaeology 2017 Annual Review, 16 93–100.
  • Marchman, Jacob and Fitzhugh, William W. 2018. "The Gateways Project 2017: Hart Chalet, Grand Plain, Grand Isle, and Belles Amours." Provincial Archaeology 2017 Annual Review, 16 101–110.
  • Taylor, William Timothy Treal, Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Tuvshinjargal, Tumurbaatar, Bender, Scott, Tromp, Monica, Clark, Julia, Lowry, K. Bryce, Houle, Jean-Luc, Staszewski, Dimitri, Whitworth, Jocelyn, Fitzhugh, William W., and Boivin, Nicole. 2018. "Origins of equine dentistry." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, (29) E6707–E6715. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721189115.
  • Cole, Daniel G. and Fitzhugh, William W. 2017. "Exhibiting the Interconnections between Inuit, Narwhals, and Arctic Climate Change." Cartouche, (93/94) 29–33.
  • Cole, Daniel G. and Fitzhugh, William W. 2017. "Exhibiting the Interconnections between Inuit, Narwhals, and Climate Change." Cartouche, (93/94) 29–33.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2017. "Mongolian Deer Stones, European Menhirs, and Canadian Arctic Inuksuit: Collective Memory and the Function of Northern Monument Traditions." Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 24, (1) 149–187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-017-9328-0.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Brake, Jamie, and Jolicoeur, Patrick. 2017. "The Rigolet Project 2016: Groswater Bay, Narrows, and Eastern Lake Melville." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 15, (2016) 48–54.
  • Solazzo, Caroline, Fitzhugh, William W., Kaplan, Susan, Potter, Charles, and Dyer, Jolon M. 2017. "Molecular markers in keratins from Mysticeti whales for species identification of baleen in museum and archaeological collections." PLOS ONE, 12, (8) 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183053.
  • Jolicoeur, Patrick, Brake, Jamie, Fitzhugh, William W., and Davies, Michelle. 2016. "A Survey of the Islands in Southern Groswater Bay." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 14, (2015) 107–120.
  • Jolicoeur, Patrick and Fitzhugh, William W. 2016. "Excavation and Survey along Quebec's Lower North Shore." Provincial Archaeology Newsletter, 15 123–135.
  • Jolicoeur, Patrick and Fitzhugh, William W. 2016. "2015 Excavations at the Hart chalet Inuit Village." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 14, (2015) 121–125.
  • Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Søe, Martin Jensen, Shokry, Hussein, Mak, Sarah Siu Tze, Ruter, Anthony, Raghavan, Maanasa, Fitzhugh, William W., Kjær, Kurt H., Willerslev, Eske, Meldgaard, Morten, Kapel, Christian M. O., and Hansen, Anders Johannes. 2016. "DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago." Nature Communications, 7 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13389.
  • DePriest, Paula T. and Fitzhugh, William W. 2015. "Preserving Mongolia's Heritage." Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, (22) 40–41.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2015. "The Tuvaaluk and Torngat Archaeological Projects: Review and Assessment." Études Inuit. Inuit Studies, 39, (2) 27–60.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2015. "Rigolet surveys and excavations at the Hart Chalet Inuit site, Brador." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 13, (2014) 48–53.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2015. "The Inuit Archaeology of the Quebec Lower North Shore." Études Inuit. Inuit Studies, 39, (1) 37–62. https://doi.org/10.7202/1036077ar.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2014. "After Red Bay: A Basque and Inuit Joint Venture on the Quebec Lower North Shore." Revista Internacional de los Estudios Vascos, 59, (2) 320–348.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2014. "Frederica deLaguna (1906-2004): Memorial Essay (reprint: in Russian)." Archaeology of the Arctic (Arkheologiia Arktiki), 2 213–232.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Phaneuf, Erik. 2014. "Basques and Inuit at Hare Harbor-1 and the Inuit Hart Chalet Site on the Quebec Lower North Shore." Newfoundland Provincial Archaeology Review, 2013 33–49.
  • Raghavan, Maanasa, DeGiorgio, Michael, Albrechtsen, Anders, Moltke, Ida, Skoglund, Pontus, Korneliussen, Thorfinn S., Grønnow, Bjarne, Appelt, Martin, Gulløv, Hans Christian, Friesen, T. M., Fitzhugh, William W., Malmström, Helena, Rasmussen, Simon, Olsen, Jesper, Melchior, Linea, Fuller, Benjamin T., Fahrni, Simon M., Stafford, Thomas, Grimes, Vaughan, Renouf, M. A. P., Cybulski, Jerome, Lynnerup, Niels, Lahr, Marta Mirazon, Britton, Kate, Knecht, Rick et al. 2014. "The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic." Science, 345, (6200) 1020. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255832.
  • 2013. "Arctic Studies Newsletter." Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 1–67.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Phaneuf, Erik. 2013. "Basque and Inuit Archaeology at Hare Harbor-1 and little Canso Island-1, Quebec lower North Shore." Newfoundland Provincial Archaeology Review, 11, (2012) 48–73.
  • Halfar, Jochen, Adey, Walter H., Kronz, Andreas, Hetzinger, Steffen, Edinger, Evan, and Fitzhugh, William W. 2013. "Arctic sea-ice decline archived by multicentury annual-resolution record from crustose coralline algal proxy." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, (49) 19737–19741. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1313775110.
  • 2012. "Arctic Studies Newsletter, 19." Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 1–52.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2012. "Inuit Archaeology on the Quebec Lower North Shore in 2010." Newfoundland Provincial Archaeology Review, 10 63–76.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2012. "Call Me "Tiger": Ernest S. Burch, Jr., the Smithsonian, and Remembrance." Arctic Anthropology, 49, (2) 221–226.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2011. "An Inuit Winter House on Petit Mecatina (Hare Harbor-1, EdBt-3) and Notes on the Harp Seal Failure of 2010." Newfoundland Provincial Archaeology Review, 9, (March) 37–50.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "Inuit Archaeology on the Quebec Lower North Shore in 2011." Newfoundland Provincial Archaeology Review, 10 63–76.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "Changing Cultures and Climate in the Arctic: Prehistory to Modern Times." AnthroNotes, 31, (1) 13–17.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "Laying the Groundwork for Arctic Social Sciences, 1985–1990." Northern Notes: Journal of the International Arctic Social Science Association, 33 18–19.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "Basques and Inuit on the Quebec Lower North Shore: 2009 Field Report." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 8, (2009) 50–61.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "Elmer Harp, Jr. (1913-2009)." Arctic, 63, (2) 252–254.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Krupnik, Igor, and Muller-Wille, Ludger. 2010. "Laying the Groundwork for Arctic Social Science 1985-1990." Northern Notes: Newsletter of the Arctic Social Science Association, 18–20.
  • 2009. "Arctic Studies Center Newsletter." Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 1–64.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Inuit Sites Found at Petit Mécatina and Brador: St. Lawrence Gateways Project 2008." Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 7, (2008) 38–50.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Stone Shamans and Flying Deer of Northern Mongolia: Deer Goddess of Siberia or Chimera of the Steppe?" Arctic Anthropology, 46, (1-2) 72–88. https://doi.org/10.1353/arc.0.0025.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Changing Cultures and Climate in the Arctic: Prehistory to Modern Times." AnthroNotes, 30, (2) 13–17.
  • 2008. "Arctic Studies Center Newsletter." Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 1–52.
  • Solazzo, Caroline, Fitzhugh, William W., Rolando, Christian, and Tokarski, Caroline. 2008. "Identification of Protein Remains in Archaeological Potsherds by Proteomics." Analytical Chemistry, 80, (12) 4590–4597. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac800515v.
  • 2007. "Arctic Studies Center Newsletter." Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 1–56.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2007. "Underwater Archaeology at the Hare Harbor Basque Site at Petit Mecatina." Archaeology in Newfoundland & Labrador, 5 45–57.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2006. "Gateways Project: 2005 Field Report." Archaeology in Newfoundland & Labrador, 4 25–31.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2006. "Cultures, Borders, and Basques. Archaeological Surveys on Quebec's Lower North Shore." British Archaeological Reports: From the Arctic to Avalon.Papers in Honor of Jim Tuck, 1507 53–65.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Chretien, Y. 2005. "The St. Lawrence Gateways Project 2001-2004: Summary of Fieldwork." Provincial Archaeology Newsletter: Archaeology in Newf.and Labrador 2004, 3 24–25.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2004. "The Arctic Studies Center Newsletter no. 12." Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 12 52.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2003. "Arctic Studies Newsletter, no. 11." Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 11 40.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2000. "Vikings Arrive in North America B Again!." Scandinavian Review, 50–56.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2000. "Vikings in America: Runestones, Relics, and Revisionism." Minerva, 11, (1) 8–12.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2000. "Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga." AnthroNotes, 22, (1) 1–9. https://doi.org/10.5479/10088/22476.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1998. "Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution." Witness the arctic, 6, (1) 1–4.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1998. "Dagbog fra Yamal. Forskning i de nordlige russiske omrader folger ikke de spilleregler, vi kender fra Vesten." Polarfronten, (1).
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1997. "Global Culture Change: New Views of Circumpolar Lands and Peoples." AnthroNotes, 19, (1) 1–8. https://doi.org/10.5479/10088/22357.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1996. "Smithsonian Institution." Arctic research of the United States., 10 100–106.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1996. "Jessup II: Anthropology of the North Pacific." Northern Notes, 4 41–62.
  • Krupnik, Igor and Fitzhugh, William W. 1995. "In memoriam Richard Guy Condon." Études Inuit. Inuit Studies, 19, (2) 101–104.
  • Krupnik, Igor and Fitzhugh, William W. 1995. "In memoriam: Richard Guy Condon." Études Inuit. Inuit Studies, 19, (2) 101–104.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1994. "Richard H. Jordan: 1946–1991." American Antiquity, 59, (1) 77–81.
  • Clark, P. U. and Fitzhugh, William W. 1990. "Late Deglaciation of the Central Labrador Coast and its Implications for the Age of Glacial Lakes Naskaupi and Mclean and for Prehistory." Quaternary Research, 34, (3) 296–305.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1990. "Smithsonian Institution." Arctic Research of the United States, 4 100–102.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1989. "Smithsonian Institution." Arctic Research of the United States, 2 74–77.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1986. "Hamilton Inlet and Cartwright reconnaissance." Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador, Annual Report No. 7 164–181.
  • McCaffrey, M. T., Loring, Stephen, and Fitzhugh, William W. 1986. "An archaeological reconnaissance of the Seal Lake region, interior Labrador." Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador, 114–163.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1985. "The Nulliak Pendants and Their Relation to Spiritual Traditions in Northeast Prehistory." Arctic Anthropology, 22, (2) 87–109.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Lamb, H. F. 1985. "Vegetation History and Culture Change in Labrador Prehistory." Arctic and Alpine Research, 17, (4) 357–370.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1984. "Pioneers of Labrador." Thems Days, 10, (2) 4–28.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1984. "Archeological Finds in Labrador." The Labradorian, 11 43–509.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1984. "Images from the Past: Thoughts on Bering Sea Eskimo Art and Culture." Expedition, 26, (2) 24–39.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and KAPLAN, S. A. 1983. "Where Magic Ruled. Art of the Bering Sea." National Geographic, 163, (2) 198–205.
  • Rogers, M., Allen, R. O., Nagle, C., and Fitzhugh, William W. 1983. "The utilization of rare earth element concentration for the characterization of soapstone quarries." Archaeometry, 25 186–195.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1981. "Archeologists Report on Frobisher Site." Nunatsiaq News.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Selig, Ruth O. 1981. "The Smithsonian's Alaska Connection: 19th Century Explorers and Anthropologists." The Alaska Journal: A 1981 Collection, 193–208.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1980. "Preliminary-Report on the Torngat Archaeological Project." Arctic, 33, (3) 585–606.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1980. "Excavations at Rattlers Bight—A Late Maritime Archaic Settlement and Cemetery in Hamilton Inlet, Labrador." National Geographic Society Research Reports, 12 222–231.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1980. "A Review of Paleo-Eskimo Culture History in Southern Quebec-Labrador and Newfoundland." Études Inuit. Inuit Studies, 4, (1-2) 21–31.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1980. "Comments on Ideas about Prehistoric Societies: Gutorm Gjessing and Arctic Archaeology." Norwegian Archaeological Review, 13, (2) 120–122.
  • Goddard, Ives and Fitzhugh, William W. 1979. "A Statement Concerning America B.C." Man in the Northeast, 17 166–172.
  • Allen, R. O., Allen, K. K., Holland, C. G., and Fitzhugh, William W. 1978. "Utilisation of soapstone in Labrador by Indians, Eskimos and Norse." Nature, 271, (5642) 237–239.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1978. "[Review] "Some Developments in North European Prehistory in the Period 1969–1976, by Carl-Axel Moberg."." Norwegian Archaeological Review, 11, (1) 19–21.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1978. "Maritime Archaic Cultures of the Central and Northern Labrador Coast." Arctic Anthropology, 15, (2) 61–95.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1978. "Winter Cove 4 and the Point Revenge Occupation of the Central Labrador Coast." Arctic Anthropology, 15, (2) 146–174.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1977. "Population Movement and Culture Change on Central Labrador Coast." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 288, (FEB28) 481–497.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1977. "[Review] "Archaeological Material and Ethnic Identification: A Study of Lappnol Material from Varanger, Norway, by Else J. Kleppe."." Norwegian Archaeological Review, 10, (1-2) 49–51.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1977. "Regional Repositories: A View from the Smithsonian." Missouri Archaeological Society Research Series, (14) 18–19.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1976. "William Fitzhugh Comments on David Yesner's Review of Prehistoric Maritime Adaptations of the Circumpolar Zone." Reviews in Anthropology, 3, (5) 486–495.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1975. "A Maritime Archaic Sequence from Hamilton Inlet, Labrador." Arctic Anthropology (Papers from a Symposium on Moorehead and Maritime Archaic Problems in Northeastern North America), 12, (2) 117–138.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1975. "Paleoeskimo Occupations of the Labrador Coast." Eastern Arctic Prehistory: Paleoeskimo Problems, 31 103–118.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1975. "Preliminary Culture History of Nain, Labrador: Smithsonian Field Work, 1975." Journal of Field Archaeology, 3 123–142.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1975. "Environmental Factors in the Evolution of Dorsest Culture: A Marginal Proposal for Hudson Bay." Eástern Arctic Prehistory: Paleoeskimo Problems, 31 139–149.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1974. "Field Work on the Central Labrador Coast: 1974." Bulletin (Canadian Archaeological Association), (6) 209–217. https://doi.org/10.2307/41238420.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1974. "Hound Pond 4: A Charles Complex Site in Groswater Bay, Labrador." Man in the Northeast, (7) 87–103.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1974. "Ground slates in the Scandinavian Younger Stone Age with reference to circumpolar maritime adaptations." Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 40 45–58.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1973. "Smithsonian Archeological Investigations on the Central Labrador Coast in 1973: A Preliminary Report." Canadian Archaeological Association Bulletin, (5) 78–90.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1973. "Culture History and Ecology of Prehistoric Maritime Cultures of Scandinavia." Year book - The American Philosophical Society, 1973 579–582.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1973. "Environmental Approaches to the Prehistory of the North." Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 63, (2) 39–53.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1972. "The eastern Archaic: commentary and northern perspective." Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 42, (4) 1–19.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1971. "Fife Brook Surveys and Excavations, Upper Deerfield River." Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, 33, (1-2) 21–29.
Magazine Article
  • Kortum, Richard and Fitzhugh, William W. 2023. "Conjuring Deer Stones: Biographical Statuary of Bronze Age Central Asia and Siberia." Current World Archaeology, Jan 19, 2023, 117, (January), 1–26. London, United Kingdom.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1976. "Tribute to Explorer Lost in Labrador." Smithsonian, 109–119.
Book Chapter
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2022. "Northeast Asia Prehistory 'In the Twinkling of an Eye'." In Maritime Prehistory of Northeast Asia. Cassidy, James, Ponkratova, Irina, and Fitzhugh, Benjamin, editors. 1–15. Singapore: Springer. In Archaeology of Asia Pacific Navigation, 2524-7468. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1118-7.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2020. "Riding the Harp Seal Highway: Modeling Climate, Sea Ice Pulsations, and Inuit Migrations in the Eastern Subarctic." In Arctic Crashes: People and Animals in the Changing North. Krupnik, Igor and Crowell, Aron L., editors. 79–99. Washington DC: Smithsonian Scholarly Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2020. "Treasures from the Earth; Echoes of the Past." In Yua: Spirit of the Arctic. Highlights from the Thomas C. Fowler Collection. Olcott, Hillary, editor. 42–67. San Francisco, California: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Engelstad, Bernadette. 2017. "Inuguat: Prehistoric Human Figurines of the North American Arctic." In The Oxford handbook of prehistoric figurines. Insoll, Timothy, editor. 367–390. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. In Oxford handbooks in archaeology.
  • Nweeia, Martin T. and Fitzhugh, William W. 2017. "A World of Questions." In Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend. Fitzhugh, William W. and Nweeia, Martin T., editors. xv–xxvii. Hanover, New Hampshire and Washington DC: IPI Press and Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2016. "Frederica de Laguna: The Last Arctic Universalist and Bridge to the Future." In Early Inuit Studies: Themes and Transitions, 1850s-1980s. Krupnik, Igor, editor. 219–241. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2016. "Solving the "Eskimo Problem": Henry Bascom Collins and Arctic Archaeology." In Early Inuit Studies: Themes and Transitions, 1850s-1980s. Krupnik, Igor, editor. 165–192. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2016. "Archaeology of the Inuit of Southern Labrador and the Quebec Lower North Shore." In The Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic. Friesen, T. Max and Mason, O., editors. 931–953. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199766956.013.47.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2016. "Foreword." In An Intimate Wilderness: travels across a land of vast horizons. Hallendy, Norman, editor. 19–21. Vancouver, Berkeley: Greystone Publishers.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2014. "The Ipiutak spirit-scape: an archaeological phenomenon." In The Foragers of Point Hope: the Biology and Archaeology of Humans on the Edge of the Alaskan Arctic. 266–290. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2014. "Climate modeling of sea ice, harp seals, and Eskimos." In Climates of change: the shifting environment of archaeology. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Chacmool Conference. Kulyk, Sheila, Tremain, C. G., and Sawyer, M., editors. 23–52. Calgary: Chacmool Archaeological Association, University of Calgary.
  • Lymer, Kenneth, Fitzhugh, William W., and Kortum, Richard. 2014. "Deer Stones and Rock Art in Mongolia during the Second the First Millenia BC." In Deer and People. Baker, Karis and Carden, R.,Madgwick R., editors. 159–172. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2013. "Foreword." In Inupiaq Ethnohistory. Selected Essays by Ernest S. Burch, Jr. Erica Hill, editor. vii. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2011. "Mapping Ritual Landscapes in Bronze Age Mongolia and Beyond: Interpreting the Ideoscape of the Deer Stone-Khirigsuur Complex." In Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present. Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, editor. 166–192. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Herzog, Anja, Perdikaris, Sophia, and McLeod, Brenna. 2011. "Ship to Shore: Inuit, Early Europeans, and Maritime Landscapes in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence." In The Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes: When the Land Meets the Sea. Ford, Ben, editor. 99–108. New York: Springer.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "Deer Stones and Khirigsuurs." In Mongolia Nomad Empire of the Eternal Blue Sky. Robinson, Carl, editor. 396–397. Hong Kong: Odyssey Books and Guides.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "Arctic Cultures and Global Theory: Historical Tracks along the Circumpolar Road." In A Circumpolar Reappraisal: The Legacy of Gutorm Gjessing (1906-1979). Westerdahl, Christer, editor. 87–109. Oxford: Archaeopress. In BAR International series.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "Millennia of Change: Dynamics of Culture and Environment Along the Northern Forest Fringe." In Papers from the Third Northern Archaeological Congress, Khanty-Mansiisk, Russia, 8-13 November, 2010. Golovnev, Andrei V., editor. 143–162. Khanty-Mansiisk, Russia: Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "The arctic and subarctic." In Indians nations of North America. Viola, Herman J., editor. 102. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.
  • Karas, Basiliki Vicky, Beaubien, Harriet F., and Fitzhugh, William W. 2010. "Documenting Mongolia’s deer stones: application of 3D laser scanning technology to archaeological conservation. Chapter 13." In The Conservation of Archaeological Materials: Current trends and future directions. Williams, Emily and Peachy, Claire, editors. 103–112. Oxford: Archaeopress. In BAR International series ; no. S2116.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Genghis Khan: Empire and Legacy." In Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Rossabi, Morris and Honeychurch, William, editors. 22–39. Washington D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. ""Of No Ordinary Importance": Reversing Polarities in Smithsonian Arctic Studies." In Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science. Krupnik, Igor, Lang, Michael A., and Miller, Scott E., editors. 61–78. In IPY. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.097884601X.6.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Eagles, Beasts, and Gods: Art of the Old Bering Sea Harpoon Complex." In Gifts for the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories From Bering Sea. Hollowell, Julie and Crowell, Aron L., editors. 162–189. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Exploring cultural boundaries: the less 'invisible' Inuit of southern Labrador and Quebec." In On the track of the Thule culture from Bering Strait to East Greenland. Gronnow, Bjarne, editor. 129–148. Copenhagen: National Museum of Denmark.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Labrador, Newfoundland, and Quebec (Canada): Basque Whaling and Fishing Sites from the 1500s." In Archaeology in America: an Encyclopedia. McManamon, Francis P., Cordell, Linda S., Lightfoot, Kent C., and Milner, George R., editors. 87–91. Westport, Connecticut; London: Greenwood Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Hamilton Inlet, Coastal Eastern Labrador: Cultural Boundary Shifts Along a Forest-Tundra Frontier." In Archaeology in America: an Encyclopedia. McManamon, Francis P., Cordell, Linda S., Lightfoot, Kent G., and Milner, George R., editors. 4:343–4:348. Westport, Connecticut; London: Greenwood Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "The Ancient Stone Men of Mongolia." In Mongolia: Land of the Deer Stone. Ling, Elaine, editor. v–xiii. Revere, Pennsylvania: Lodima Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Pre-Scythian Khirigsuurs, Deer Stone Art, and Bronze Age Cultural Intensification in Northern Mongolia." In New Research Directions in Eurasian Steppe Archaeology: the Emergence of complex societies in the Third to First Millennium BCE. Linduff, Katheryn, editor. 378–411. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Nomads with Cell Phones." In Mongolia: Land of the Deer Stone. Ling, Elaine, editor. xi–xiii. Washington D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "Notes on Art, Style, and Cultures." In Gifts for the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories From Bering Sea. Hollowell, Julie and Crowell, Aron L., editors. 88–93. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2009. "The Mongolian Deer Stone-Khirigsuur Complex: Dating and Organiation of a Late Bronze Age Menagerie." In Current Archaeological Research in Mongolia. Bemmann, Jan, Parzinger, Hermann, Pohl, Ernst, and Tseveendorzh, Damdinsuren, editors. 183–199. Bonn: Vor- und Fruhgeschichtliche Archeologie , Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Crowell, Aron L. 2009. "Ancestors and Ivories: Art of the Ancient Bering Sea." In Gifts for the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories From Bering Sea. Hollowell, Julie and Crowell, Aron L., editors. 18–41. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.
  • Honeychurch, William, Fitzhugh, William W., and Rossabi, Morris. 2009. "Precursor to Empire: Early Cultures and Prehistoric Peoples." In Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Rossabi, Morris and Honeychurch, William, editors. 74–83. Washington D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2008. "Arctic and Circumpolar Regions." In Encyclopedia of Archaeology. Pearsall, Deborah M., editor. 247–271. New York: Academic Press.
  • Beaubien, Harriet F., Karas, B. V., and Fitzhugh, William W. 2007. "Documenting Mongolia's Deer Stones: Application of Three-Dimensional Digital Imaging Technology to Preservation." In Scientific Research on the Sculptural Arts of Asia. Proceedings of the Third Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art. 133–142.
  • Cioffi-Revilla, C., Luke, S., Parker, D. C., Rogers, J. Daniel, Fitzhugh, William W., Honeychurch, William, Frohlich, Bruno, DePriest, Paula T., and Amartuvshin, C. 2007. "Agent-Based Modeling Simulation of Social Adaptation and Long-Term Change in Inner Asia." In Advancing Social Simulation: The First World Congress. Takahashi, S., Sallach, D., and Rouchier, J., editors. 189–200. Tokyo: Springer.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2007. "Dartmouth College: A Northern Tradition." In Think Ice, Inuit Traditions Within a Changing Environment. Stuckenburger, Anja Nicole, editor. 7–10. Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2007. "Foreword." In Arctic, Our Crystal World: documentary Photos from the Arctic Through 40 Years. Sillis, Ivars, editor. 4–5.. Copenhagen: Nordatlantens Brygge.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2006. "Settlement, Social, and Ceremonial Change in the Labrador Maritime Archiac." In The Northeastern Archaic: Papers From a Symposium. Sanger, David and Priscilla, Renouf, editors. 47–82. University of Maine Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Jordan, Richard, Adovasio, James M., and Laeyendecker, Dosia. 2006. "Cordage and Wood from the Avayalik Dorset Site in Northern Labrador." In Dynamics of Northern Societies: Proceedings of the SILA/NABO Conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology. Jette, Arneborg and Bjarne, Groennow, editors. 153–175. Danish National Museum: Studies in Archaeology and History, v. 10.
  • Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Odbaatar, Ts, and Fitzhugh, William W. 2005. "Archaeological Reports from the 2004 Deer Stone Project." In The Deer Stone Project: Anthropological Studies in Mongolia 2002-2004. Fitzhugh, William W., Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, and Marsh, Peter K., editors. 225–254. Arctic Studies Center/Smithsonian Institution and National Museum of Mongolian History.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2005. "Foreword." In Arctic Sun on My Path the True Story of Americas Last Great Polar Explorer. Knutsen, Willie and Will, C. Knutsen, editors. ix–xiii. Lyons: Globe Pequot Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2005. "The Deer Stone Project: Exploring Northern Mongolia and its Arctic Connections." In The Deer Stone Project: Anthropological Studies in Mongolia 2002-2004. Fitzhugh, William W., Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, and Marsh, Peter K., editors. 3–34. Arctic Studies Center/Smithsonian Institution and National Museum of Mongolian History.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2005. "Early Encounters With a "New" Land: Vikings and Englishmen in the North American Arctic." In Unlocking the Past: Celebrating Historical Archaeology in North America. Cunzo, Lu Ann and John, H. Jameson, editors. 53–61. University of Florida Press.
  • Krupnik, Igor and Fitzhugh, William W. 2005. "Foreword." In Taymyr: The Archaeology of Northernmost Eurasia. Leonid, P. Khlobystin, editor. xiii–xixv. Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, Contributions to Circumpolar Anthropology, 5.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2004. "Foreword." In Northern Ethnographic Landscapes: Perspectives from Circumpolar Nations. Krupnik, Igor and Tonia, Horton, editors. xv. Arctic Studies Center.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2004. "Foreword." In From the Playground of the Gods: the Life and Art of Bikky Sunazawa. Dubreuil, Chisato, editor. xi–xvii. Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Chretien, Yves. 2004. "Project Narrative." In Gateways Project 2004: Surveys and Excavations from Chevery to Jacques Cartier Bay. Fitzhugh, William W., Chretien, Yves, and Helena, Sharp, editors. 7–22. Arctic Studies Center.
  • DePriest, Paula T., Lutz, Sue M., Young, S., Tsandeekhuu, Ts, and Fitzhugh, William W. 2003. "Traditional knowledge of lichens by Mongolia's Dukha reindeer herders." In Mongolia's Arctic Connections: The Hovsgol Deer Stone Project, 2001 Field Report. Fitzhugh, William W., editor. 33–36. Washington, DC: ASC Field Report Series.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2003. "Heritage Anthropology in the "Jesup-2" Era: Exploring North Pacific Cultures Through Cooperative Research." In Constructing Cultures Then and Now: Celebrating Franz Boas and the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. Contributions to Circumpolar Anthropology, 4. Kendall, L. and Krupnik, Igor, editors. 287–306. Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2000. "Puffins, Ringed Pins, and Runestones: The Viking Passage to North America." In Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga. Fitzhugh, William W. and Ward, E. I., editors. 11–25. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Ward, Elisabeth I. 2000. "Celebrating the Viking Millennium in America." In Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga. Fitzhugh, William W. and Ward, E. I., editors. 351–353. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Odess, Daniel, Loring, Stephen, and Fitzhugh, William W. 2000. "Skraelings: First Peoples of Helluland, Markland, and Vinland." In Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga. Fitzhugh, William W. and Ward, E. I., editors. 193–205. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Wallace, Birgitta L. and Fitzhugh, William W. 2000. "Stumbles and Pitfalls in the Search for Viking America." In Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga. Fitzhugh, William W. and Ward, E. I., editors. 374–384. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1998. "The Alaska Photographs of Edward W. Nelson, 1877-1881." In Imaging the Arctic / J C H King; Henrietta Lidchi. 125–142. University of Washington Press; Vancouver: UBC Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1997. "Searching for the grail: Virtual archeology in Yamal and circumpolar theory." In Fifty years of Arctic research : anthropological studies from Greenland to Siberia. Gilberg, R., Gulløv, Hans Christian, and Meldgaard, Jørgen, editors. 99–118.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1997. "Ambassadors in sealskins: Exhibiting Eskimos at the Smithsonian." In Exhibiting Dilemmas: Issues of Representation at the Smithsonian, ed.Amy Henderson and Adrienne L.Kaeppler. 206–245.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der, Bundesrepublik Deutschland. 1997. "Archaeology." In Arktis-Antarktis. 24–31. Köln: DuMont.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1996. "Early Contact and Acculturation in the North: Native America and the Global System." In Transferts culturels et métissages Amérique/Europe, XVIe-XXe siècle = Cultural transfer, America and Europe: 500 years of interculturation / Delâge, Denys.. 93–104. Paris: L'Harmattan. In Anthropologie du monde occidental; Variation: Anthropologie du monde occidental..
  • Auger, R., Fitzhugh, William W., Gullason, L., and Henshaw, A. 1995. "Material evidence from the Frobisher Voyages: Anglo-Inuit contact in the North American arctic in the late sixteenth century." In Trade and Discovery: The Scientific Study of Artefacts from Post-Medieval europe and Beyond. Hook, D. and Gaimster, D., editors. 13–27. London: Department of Scientific Research, British Museum. 109 in Occasional paper / The British Museum.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1995. "Preface." In Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. 6–7. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1995. "Ancestral Times." In Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. 36–47. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1994. "Introduction." In Anthropology of the North Pacific rim / William W Fitzhugh; Valérie Chaussonnet. 1–24.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1994. "Staffe Island 1 and the Northern Labrador Dorset-Thule Succession." In Threads of Arctic Prehistory: Papers in Honour of William E.Taylor Jr.Archaeological Survey of Canada Mercury Series Paper. 239–268. 149
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1994. "Crossroads of continents: Review and prospect." In Anthropology of the North Pacific Rim. 27–51. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1994. "Forward." In Reckoning with the dead: the Larsen Bay repatriation and the Smithsonian Institution / Killion, Thomas W.. vii–x. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1993. "Martin Frobisher's Base Camp on Kodlunarn Island: A Two Year Time Capsule in the History of Technology." In The Meta Incognita Project: Contributions to Field Studies. Alsford, Stephen, editor. 55–81. Canada: Canadian Museum of Civilization.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1993. "Archeology of the Frobisher Voyages and European-Inuit Contact: Overview and 1991 Field Report." In The Meta Incognita Project. Alsford, Stephen, editor. 89–139. Canada: Canadian Museum of Civilization.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1989. "United States Arctic Research Plan--Biennial Revision: 1990-1991." In Arctic Research of the United States. 1–62.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1988. "Introduction." In Smithsonian Classics in Anthropology. xiii.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Arutiunov, Sergei. 1988. "Prehistory of Siberia and the Bering Sea." In Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska. 117–129. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Crowell, Aron L. 1988. "Crossroads of Continents: Beringian Oecumene." In Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia. Fitzhugh, William W. and Crowell, Aron L., editors. 9–16. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Rousselot, Jean-Loup, and Crowell, Aron L. 1988. "Maritime Economies of the North Pacific Rim." In Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska. Fitzhugh, William W. and Crowell, Aron L., editors. 151–172. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1987. "Social Science." In Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee. 235–287. Washington, D. C.: National Science Foundation, Division of Polar Programs.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1987. "Archaeological Ethnicity and the Prehistory of Labrador." In Archaeological Association, University of Calgary. Auger, R., Glass, M. F., MacEachern, S., and McCartney, P. H., editors. 141–153.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1986. "Persistence and Change." In Alaska Historical Commission, Studies in History. Shaw, Robert D., Herritt, Roger, and Dumond, Don E., editors. 124–165.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Tuck, J. A. 1986. "Palaeo-Eskimo traditions of Newfoundland and Labrador: A re-appraisal." In Palaeo-Eskimo cultures in Newfoundland, Labrador, and Ungava.. St. John's (Nfld.)]: Memorial University of Newfoundland. In Reports in archaeology ;; no. 1; Variation: Reports in archaeology (St. John's, N.L.) ;; no. 1..
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1985. "Early Contacts North of Newfoundland Before A.D. 1600: A Review." In Cultures in Contact: the European Impact on Native Cultural Institutions in Eastern North America, A.D. 1000-1800. 23–43. Smithsonian Institution Press, Anthropological Society of Washington Series.
  • Allen, R. O., Ramboush, H., Nagle, C., and Fitzhugh, William W. 1984. "Use of rare earth element analysis to study the utilization and procurement of soapstone along the Labrador coast." In Archaeological Chemistry III. Lambert, Joseph B., editor. 3–18. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. 205 in ACS Advances in Chemistry Series.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1984. "Residence Pattern Development in the Labrador Maritime Archaic: Longhouse Models and 1983 Surveys." In Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1983. Thomson, Jane Sproull and Thomson, Callum, editors. 6–47.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1984. "Paleo-Eskimo Cultures of Greenland." In Arctic. Handbook of North American Indians. Damas, David, editor. 528–539.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1983. "Archaeological Surveys in the Strait of Belle Isle." In Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador: 1982. Thomson, Jane Sproull and Thomson, Callum, editors. 118–132.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1983. "Forward." In The art of Greenland : sculpture, crafts, painting / Bodil Kaalund. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1982. "Smithsonian Surveys in Central and Southern Labrador in 1981." In Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1981. Thomson, J. and Thomson, C., editors. 32–55. Division of Historic Resources, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Kaplan, Susan A. 1982. "Life in the qasgiq." In Inua : spirit world of the Bering Sea Eskimo. Fitzhugh, William W., Kaplan, Susan A., and Collins, Henry B., editors. 162–210. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Sayre, Edward V., Harbottle, G., Stoenner, R., Washburn, W., Olin, Jacqueline S., and Fitzhugh, William W. 1982. "The Carbon-14 Dating of an Iron Bloom Associated with the Voyages of Sir Martin Frobisher." In Nuclear and Chemical Dating Techniques. Currie, Lloyd A., editor. 441–451. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. In ACS Symposium Series, 176.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1981. "Smithsonian Archaeological Surveys, Central and Northern Labrador, 1980." In Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador: 1980. Thomson, Jane, editor. 26–47. Newfoundland Museum, Historic Resources Division, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1981. "A Prehistoric Caribou Fence from Williams Harbour, Northern Labrador." In Megaliths to Medicine Wheels: Boulder Structures in Archeaology. 187–206. Archaeological Association, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary.
  • Fitzhugh, William W., Hood, B., and Sutton, D. 1981. "In Quest of Dorset Subsistence Strategies: 1980 Excavations at Okak-1 and No-Name Island, Labrador." In Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1980. Thomson, Jane, editor. 48–57. Newfoundland Museum, Historic Resources Division, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1980. "Forward." In Vermont's Stone Chambers. Neudorfer, Giovanna, editor. vi. Vermont Historical Society.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1979. "Les Modes d' adaptation bases sur le caribou dans les regions centrale et septentrionale du Labrador." In le Dossier Caribou. Trudel, Francois, editor. 55–70.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1977. "Indian and Eskimo/Inuit Settlement History in Labrador: An Archeological View." In Our Footprints Are Everywhere: Inuit Land Use and Occupancy in Labrador. 1–14. Nain, Labrador: Labrador Inuit Association.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1977. "Regional Repositories: A View from the Smithsonian." In Regional Centers in Archaeology: Prospects and Problems. Marquardt, William H., editor. 18–19.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1975. "A Comparative Approach to Northern Maritime Adaptations." In Prehistoric Maritime Adaptations of the Circumpolar Zone. Fitzhugh, William W., editor. 339–386. The Hague: Mouton Publishers.
Book Review
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2013. [Book review] "Archaeology and the Sea in Scandinavia and Britain. A Personal Account." The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 8, 144–146. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2012.736918.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2012. [Book review] "Prehistory of Port au Choix: History, Cultures, and Landscape." Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, 27, (1), 129–136.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2005. [Book review] "Maps, Myths, and Men: The Story of the Vinland Map." Science, 307, (5714), 1413–1414.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1986. [Book review] "Prehistory of the Eastern Arctic." Science, 231, (4737), 506–507.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1975. [Book review] "Woman of Labrador - Goudie,e." Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie Et D Anthropologie, 12, (3), 337–338.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1974. [Book review] "Archeological Investigation in Grand Rapids, Manitoba Reservoir 1961-1962 - Mayeroakes,wj." American Anthropologist, 76, (2), 467–468.
Exhibition Catalog
  • Engelstad, Bernadette Driscoll and Fitzhugh, William W., editors. 2012. Arctic Journeys-Ancient Memories: Sculpture by Abraham Anghik Ruben [Exhibition catalog] Washington DC: Arctic Studies Center.
Web Page / Electronic Publication
  • Fitzhugh, William W. 2011. Edward W. Nelson Alaska Diaries 1877-1881.
  • Fitzhugh, William W. and Phaneuf, Erik. 2008. Excavations at the Hare Harbor Basque Site (EdBt-3), Petit Mecatina, Quebec, 2007.