book chapter
The physical anthropology of three Aleut populations: Attu, Atka, and Nikolski
[s.n.] • [s.l.] • Published In 1949 • Pages:
By: Laughlin, William S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
An excellent comprehensive study of Aleut physical anthropology, made on the basis of research done with the Harvard Peabody Museum Aleutian expedition of 1948. In addition to the presentation of his own results and those of some other members of the expedition, the author includes analysis and critiques of other anthropometric studies and description of Aleut physical characteristics by lay observers. Citations and technical material are not included here.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Descriptive somatology
- 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.
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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
- 1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1948
- 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
- William S. Laughlin
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 1949
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aleuts