essay
The spirits of the Chugash people of Alaska are at rest once again
Sacred sites, sacred places • London • Published In 1994 • Pages: 209-216
By: Johnson, John F. C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes the exposure of various prehistoric sites in the Chugach region as the result of the major earthquake and the tital wave that followed that swept the area in 1964, and the subsequent looting of these sites by workers sent into the region to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1969. Johnson discusses in particular the removal of the human remains from an early grave site and their reburial by the Chugach people in 1990, as well as other reburials that followed. The author notes that many of the artifacts and remains from these various archaeological sites have found their way into museum collections throughout the United States and that he has been instrumental in getting many of these remains returned to the Chugach for reburial.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Prehistory
- Environmental quality
- Corporate organization
- Mourning
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Alutiiq
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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.
- Unknown
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2004
- 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
- 3000 B.C.-1990s A.D.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chugach region, Prince William Sound and the lower Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John F. C. Johnson
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93033400
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chugach Eskimos