Author: Don E. DumondPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Archaeology in the Aleut Zone of Alaska
Author: Don E. DumondPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Culture and Archaeology of the Ancestral Unangax̂/Aleut of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Author: Debra CorbettPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031442946
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
For the past 9,000 years, people lived and flourished along the 1,000-mile Aleutian archipelago reaching from the American continent nearly to Asia. The Aleutian chain and surrounding waters supported 40,000 or more people before the Russians arrived. Despite the antiquity of continuous human occupation, the size of the area, and the fascinating and complex social organization, the region has received scant notice from the public. This volume provides a thorough review describing the varied cultures of the ancestral Unangax̂, using archaeological reports, articles, and unpublished data; documented Unangax̂ oral histories, and ethnohistories from early European and American visitors, assessed through the authors’ multi-decade experience working in the Aleutian Archipelago. Unangam Tanangin ilan Unangax̂/Aliguutax̂ Maqax̂singin ama Kadaangim Tanangin Anaĝix̂taqangis (Culture and Archaeology of the Ancestral Unangax̂/Aleut of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska) begins with a description of the physical and biological world (The Physical Environment and The Living Environment) of which the Unangax̂ are part, followed by a description of the archaeological research in the region (The People). The rest of the book addresses ancestral Unangax̂ life including settlement on the land, and the characteristics of sites based on the activities that took place there (People on the Landscape). From this broad perspective, the view narrows to the people making a living through hunting, fishing, and collecting food along the shore-line, making their intricate tools, storing and cooking food, and sewing and weaving (Making a Living); household life including house construction, households, and the work done within the home (Life at Home); and the personal changes an individual goes through from the time they are born through death, including spiritual transitions and ceremonies (Transitions), and the evidence for these events in the material record. This book is written in gratitude to the Unangax̂ and Aleut people for the opportunity to work in Unangam Tanangin or the Aleutian Islands, and to learn about your culture. We hope you find this book useful. The purpose of this book is to introduce the broader public to the cultures of this North Pacific archipelago in a single source, while simultaneously providing researchers a comprehensive synthesis of archaeology in the region.
Archaeological Investigations in the Aleutian Islands
Author: Waldemar JochelsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Archaeological Investigations on Agattu, Aleutian Islands
Author: Albert C. SpauldingPublisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 1949098273
Category : Agattu Island
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Excavations during 1948-51 into botany and anthropology of the area.
The Archaeology of Cook Inlet, Alaska
Author: Frederica De LagunaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Korovinski
Author: Douglas William VeltrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aleuts
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
The Archaeology of the Sapsuk River, Alaska
Author: Herbert D. G. MaschnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Out of the Cold
Author: Owen K. MasonPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0932839568
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
The Arctic rim of North America presents one of the most daunting environments for humans. Cold and austere, it is lacking in plants but rich in marine mammals-primarily the ringed seal, walrus, and bowhead whale. In this book in the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series, the authors track the history of cultural innovations in the Arctic and Subarctic for the past 12,000 years, including the development of sophisticated architecture, watercraft, fur clothing, hunting technology, and worldviews. Climate change is linked to many of the successes and failures of its inhabitants; warming or cooling periods led to periods of resource abundance or collapse, and in several instances to long-distance migrations. At its western and eastern margins, the Arctic also experienced the impact of Asian and European world systems, from that of the Norse in the East to the Russians in the Bering Strait.
Bibliography and Index of Alaskan Archeology
Author: C. Eugene WestPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Includes published and unpublished reports arranged alphabetically by author. Includes subject/keyword and geographic indexes.
Essays on the Ethnography of the Aleuts
Author: Roza Gavrilovna Li͡apunovaPublisher: Rasmuson Library
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The work translated here is Ocherki po etnografii aleutov (konets XVIII-pervaia polovina XIX v.) (Leningrad: Nauka, 1975), one of Roza G. Liapunova's two monographs on the Aleuts of Alaska. Liapunova discusses the archaeology of Aleut origins, Aleut life as documented in early historical sources, and Aleut material culture based on historical sources and in museum collections. Essays remains a valuable synthesis of English- and Russian-language sources on these topics. It also showcases the wide-ranging interests and broad expertise of a Soviet scholar whose work deserves to be read by an English-speaking audience. The volume includes a brief biography and bibliography of selected works of the author and an index.