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Social Science Archaeology

Diamond Jenness Collections from Bering Strait

by (author) David A. Morrison

Publisher
Canadian Museum of History
Initial publish date
Jan 1991
Category
Archaeology
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772821369
    Publish Date
    Jan 1991
    List Price
    $11.99

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In 1926 Diamond Jenness began the first systematic archaeological work in Alaska at Cape Prince of Wales and Little Diomede Island on Bering Strait. This resulted in the first identification of Old Bering Sea culture and determined the stratigraphic position of Thule culture in Alaska, laying the groundwork for later investigations by Collins, Giddings and others. This study examines the Bering Strait collections in the light of nearly 65 years of archaeological research in Alaska. Spanning nearly 2,000 years of Inuit prehistory, these collections are aesthetically magnificent and document the intensive cultural interaction across Bering Strait and between Yupik- and Inupiat-speaking people.

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