book chapter

Aconite poison whaling in Asia and America: an Aleutian transfer to the New World

G. P. O.WashingtonPublished In 1943 • Pages: 415-468

By: Heizer, Robert Fleming.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
A comparative study of aconite poison whaling with a view toward substantiating the theory of interchange of culture between Asia and America via the Aleutian Islands. World-wide whaling customs are discussed, but only the material pertaining directly to the Aleut is included. The illustrations were not reproduced.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Historical reconstruction
Marine hunting
Pharmaceuticals
Weapons
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.
Ethnologist
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.
4: Excellent Secondary 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
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1832-1940
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Aleutian-Kodiak region, Alaska, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Robert F. Heizer
This document consists of excerpts
The study includes the Kodiak Island and Alaskan Pennisula.
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
06006657
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Aleuts