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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright 2 Abstract/Résumé 4 Table of Contents 5 List of Tables 9 List of Figures 10 List of Plates 11 Chapter 1 Introduction 14 Chapter 2 Early Northern Maritime Occupations 25 Chapter 3 Thule-Punuk Occupations 31 Chapter 4 Late Prehistoric and Historic Artifacts 46 Chapter 5 Language and Culture at Bering Strait 108 Chapter 6 A Chronology of the Historic Period at Bering Strait 115 Chapter 7 Late Prehistoric and Historic Art at Bering Strait 123 References Cited 131 Publisher:University of Ottawa Press,Published:1991,ISBN:9781772821369,Language:English,OCLC:1132667790 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

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Author
Canadian Museum of Civilization;Jenness, Diamond;Morrison, David A
Publisher
Ottawa University Press;Canadian Museum of Civilization
Published
1991
Language
EN
ISBN
9781772821369
Category
nonfiction

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