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History, ethnology, and anthropology of the Aleut / Waldemar Jochelson ; foreword by Katherine L. Reedy-Maschner and Herbert D.G. Maschner.
Penn Museum Library E99.A34 J63 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937.
- Series:
- Anthropology of Pacific North America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aleuts.
- Aleutian Islands (Alaska).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 91 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- A new series of reprints, monographs, and edited volumes on the anthropology and prehistory of Pacific North America. The series will include works from the coastal and riverine regions of Alaska to California.
- Based on Jochelson's 1909-1910 fieldwork with the Aleut, this is the ethnographic continuation of his archaeological investigations. This volume presents a comprehensive picture of Aleut society as it existed nearly one hundred years ago.
- Contents:
- Chapter I History of the Discovery of the Aleutian Islands 1
- Description 9
- Chapter II The Aleut 13
- Sailing from the Shumagin Islands to Bering Sea 27
- The Bering Island. The Landing. The Death of Bering 29
- Early Information of the Island 31
- Description of the Bering Island 32
- Climate 33
- The Arctic Foxes 35
- The Sea-Otter 37
- Chapter III Economic Activities of the Aleut 41
- The Fur-Seal Fisheries 41
- Killing of Fur Seals 44
- Fishing 51
- Bird Hunting 53
- The Skin-Boat 55
- Chapter IV Cultural Activities of the Aleut 59
- Grass Work of Aleut Women 59
- Grasses for Weaving 62
- Edible Roots and Grasses 62
- Games 63
- Ornamental Figures and their Aleut Names 66
- Chapter V Relationship System of the Aleut 69
- Social and Historical Meaning of Terms 71
- Form of Address 73
- Aleut Personal Names Before Baptism 73
- Chapter VI Mythology of the Aleut 75
- An Epic Narrative of the Pribolof Islands 76
- Amulets 77
- Chapter VII Physical Types 79
- Chapter VIII Measures of Time and Space 85
- The Seasons 85
- Aleut Measures 86
- Cardinal Points 86.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Washington : Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1933, in series: Publication / Carnegie Institution of Washington ; no. 432.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-91).
- ISBN:
- 0874807212
- OCLC:
- 49221013
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