Research Catalog

Title

The Diamond Jenness collections from Bering Strait / David Morrison ; illustrated by David Laverie.

Author

Morrison, David A.

Publication

Hull, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, c1991.

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Details

Description

xi, 171 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This study examines the Bering Strait collections made by Diamond Jenness in 1926 at Cape Prince of Wales and Little Diomede Island in Alaska. These collections, not previously described, constitute the first systematic archaological work in Alaska and resulted in the identification of Old Bering Sea culture and the stratigraphic position of Thule culture.

Series Statement

• Paper / Archaeological Survey of Canada ; no. 144
• Mercury series

Uniform Title

• Mercury series
• Paper (Archaeological Survey of Canada) no. 144.

Subject

• Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969 > Archaeological collections
• Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969 > Ethnological collections
• Canadian Museum of Civilization > Archaeological collections
• Canadian Museum of Civilization > Ethnological collections
• Eskimos > Bering Strait > Antiquities
• Yupik Eskimos > Material culture
• Yupik Eskimos > Antiquities
• Eskimos > Material culture > Bering Strait
• Yupik Eskimos > Material culture > Bering Strait
• Yupik Eskimos > Bering Strait > Antiquities
• Bering Strait > Antiquities

Note

• Summaries in English and French.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [118]-126).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Cape Prince of Wales -- Little Diomede Island -- Analytical Context -- Ch. 2. Early Northern Maritime Occupations -- Okvik -- Old Bering Sea -- Birnirk -- Early Northern Maritime Cultures on Little Diomede Island -- Ch. 3. Thule-Punuk Occupations -- Cape Prince of Wales -- Little Diomede Island -- Thule-Punuk Culture at Bering Strait -- Ch. 4. Late Prehistoric and Historic Artifacts -- Sea Mammal Hunting Gear -- Land Hunting Gear -- Fishing Gear -- Transportation Gear -- Men's Tools -- Women's Tools and Domestic Items -- Community-Related and Miscellaneous Artifacts -- Ch. 5. Language and Culture at Bering Strait -- Ch. 6. A Chronology of the Historic Period at Bering Strait -- The Protohistoric Period (ca. 1650-1789) -- The Early Historic Period (ca. 1789-1833) -- The Middle Historic Period (ca. 1833-1867) -- The Late Historic Period (1867-1898) -- Discussion -- Ch. 7. Late Prehistoric and Historic Art at Bering Strait -- Incised Geometrics -- Pictorial Art -- Carving in the Round -- Discussion.

ISBN

0660129221

LCCN

^^^92219317^

OCLC

• 27685310
• SCSB-10022761

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library