Book
Aleuts, survivors of the Bering Land Bridge
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston • New York • Published In 1980 • Pages: vii, 151
By: Laughlin, William S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is part of the Holt, Rinehart & Winston series of case studies in cultural anthroplogy for college students. It has an archeological bent. Laughlin looks at the Aleutian migration and prehistory, ecosystem, ancient village life, post-contact history, especially the Medvedev massacre, language, and only in the last chapter, modern village life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Human biology
- Marine hunting
- Lithic industries
- Boats
- External relations
- Burial practices and funerals
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12000 BP - 1974 A.D.
- 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
- by William S. Laughlin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-151)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80012594
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aleuts