Archaeological investigations in the Aleutian islands /
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| Author / Creator: | Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937. |
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| Imprint: | Salt Lake City [Utah] : University of Utah Press, c2002. |
| Description: | xx, 145 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthropology of Pacific North America |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4629990 |
Table of Contents:
- List of plates
- List of text-figures
- Chapter I..
- Organization and personnel of the expedition
- Reasons for an investigation of the Aleut
- Chapter II..
- The Journey to the Aleutians
- Preparations for the journey
- Unalaska
- Natural features of the Aleutian Islands
- Climatic conditions
- Chapter III..
- Excavation of ancient Aleut village sites
- Kitchen middens
- Excavations on Attu
- Excavations on Atka
- Excavations on the Island of Umnak
- Agla'gax' village site
- Nutxa'kax' village site
- Ukix village site
- Uglu'dax'
- Excavations on Amaknax Island
- Ama'knax' site
- Xata'cxan site
- Tanaxta'xax' site
- Excavations on Ukna'dax'
- Chapter IV..
- Human remains in kitchen middens
- Chapter V..
- Archaeological remains from kitchen middens
- Harpoon and throwing lance
- Source material for stone implements
- Stone implements and weapons
- Processes in working stone implements
- Hammer-stones
- Retouching stone implements
- Polishing stone implements
- Stone and bone lamps
- Description of bone implements
- Ornamentation of bone implements
- Labrets
- Chapter VI..
- Critical survey of previous work in Aleutian archaeology
- Chapter VII..
- Archaeological and ethnological inferences
- Bibliography
- Glossary of Aleut words
- Index
