book chapter

Pottery from the Aleutian Islands

Fieldiana. Anthropology • 36 (1) • Published In 1945 • Pages: 13

By: Quimby, George Irving.

Abstract

A description of samples of Aleutian pottery discovered by Lt. Alvin Cahn, U.S.N.R. on Amaknak Island. Lt. Cahn salvaged this material when the site was being bulldozed for military construction. Insofar as it describes the pottery specimens, this source is of some value but no records were kept when the material was excavated and the conclusions based on these specimens are not particularly good. Only a small portion of this source is included. The summary of the composition and general character of the pottery was excerpted but detailed descriptions of the individual items, the author's comparative analysis, the illustrations, and the bibliography are not included.

HRAF PubDate

2007

Region

North America

Sub Region

Arctic and Subarctic

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Unknown

Document Rating

3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent

Analyst

Leila S. Small ; 1950-1956

Field Date

1942-1944

Coverage Date

prehistoric period

Coverage Place

Unalaska Island, Alaska, United States

Notes

George Irving Quimby

This document consists of excerpts

Cahn was stationed at Dutch Harbor, Amaknak Island, Alaska, from 1942 to 1945. He collected archaeological artifacts from excavated foxholes and sent his collections to the Field Museum in Chicago until 1944, when the Museum asked Cahn to discontinue shipments. Afterwards, Cahn shipped his collections to the Museum of Natural History, New York. In 1945, the Museum made him a Field Associate and sponsored an expedition later that year.

LCCN

06020329

LCSH

Aleuts