essay
Aleut
Handbook of North American Indians. Arctic • 5 • Published In 1984 • Pages: 161-184
By: Lantis, Margaret.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lantis has written the chapter on the Aleut for the Smithsonian Institution's 'Handbook of the American Indian.' It is a good introduction to Aleut ecology, material culture, subsistence practices and society from 1750 to 1975. It includes photographs of Aleutian carvings, clothing, weapons, baskets, and hats.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Food quest
- Mats and basketry
- Normal garb
- Settlement patterns
- Production and supply
- Religious beliefs
- 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
- essay
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1750-1975
- 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
- Margaret Lantis
- For bibliographical references see document 76:Damas
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aleuts