book chapter
Aconite poison whaling in Asia and America: an Aleutian transfer to the New World
G. P. O. • Washington • Published 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