book chapter
Archaeological investigations in the Aleutian Islands
Carnegie Institution of Washington • (367) • Published In 1925 • Pages: ix, 145
By: Jochelson, Waldemar.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Jochelson was in the Aleutians in 1909-10 as leader of the anthropological division of the Russian Aleut-Kamchatka Expedition. He was particularly interested in determining the origin of the Aleuts and in their placement in the culture of the Palaeo-asiatic tribes and those of the North Pacific Coast of North America. Part of his time was spent in archaeological research and this report incorporates his findings. His interpretation of his archaeological research is based on information from contemporary Aleuts, earlier literature on Aleut culture, and his own general ethnographic knowledge. This source, therefore, contains excellent material on Aleut material culture, as well as discussions of Aleut prehistory. There is, however, a divergence of opinion about early Aleut history. Hrdlicka (see 33: Hrdlicka), as a result of his archaeological investigations, concluded that there existed a pre-Aleut population. Quimby, on the basis of a review of published reports and museum collections, disagrees with Hrdlicka and hypothecates a gradual change in culture and physical type. In processing, material of primarily archaeological or theoretical interest has been omitted. In addition, the following material is not included: 1. An extensive bibliography which contains Eskimo and archaeological sources as well as Aleut; 2. An ethnographic map of Northeastern Asia and Northwestern America; 3. A glossary of Aleut words which includes the Attu dialect (the words given are primarily those of artifacts encountered by the author in his archaeological research). In presenting his results, the author has relied heavily on the use of plates with explanatory notes on each specimen shown. These plates could not be reproduced for the files, but the explanatory notes have been summarized and included in the files.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- Decorative art
- Burial practices and funerals
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aleut
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2007
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Leila S. Small ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1909-1910
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1909-1910
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Waldemar Jochelson
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 25023069
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aleuts