book chapter

Article VI: on the remains of later pre-historic man obtained from caves in the Catherina Archipelago, Alaska Territory, and especially from the caves of the Aleutian Islands

Smithsonian Institution21-22Published In 1880 • Pages: 35 , plates

By: Dall, William Healey.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Primarily a description of specimens found in mummy caves on Kagamil Island by Capt. E. Hennig of the Alaska Commercial Company. Thus, the numbers in the text refer to specimen numbers. In addition to these discussions of archaeological relics, however, the author has included descriptions of Aleut culture based on his own field work. In processing, the material of primarily archaeological interest, material on excavations in Koniag territory, and the illustrations have been excluded.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Mats and basketry
Normal garb
Clothing manufacture
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.
Naturalist
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.
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
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
1871-1873
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1720-1870
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Kagamil Island, Alaska, United States
NotesAdditional notes
William Healey Dall
This document consists of excerpts
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Aleuts