book chapter

Human anatomical terms among the Aleutian Islanders

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By: Marsh, Gordon H..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author was the linguist on the Harvard Peabody Museum Aleutian Expedition of 1949. This excellent paper on Aleut knowledge of human anatomy includes a discussion of the sources of this knowledge and lists of Aleut anatomical terms. These lists are not included.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Vocabulary
Science
Burial practices and funerals
Ethnoanatomy
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.
Linguist
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
1949
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1825-1950
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
Gordon H. Marsh
This document consists of excerpts
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Aleuts