Archaeology Wissler, Clark - Archaeology of the Polar Eskimo (1918) | Wissler, Clark - Archaeology of the Polar Eskimo (1918) |
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Author: Wissler, Clark Title: Archaeology of the Polar Eskimo Year: 1918 Publisher: New York: Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; ; v. 22, pt. 3. Pages: 61 Source: American Museum of Natural History Description: "The objects upon which this study is based are from the archaeological collections made by members of the Crocker Land Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, 1913-1918. The sites represented are in the main on the shores of Northeast Greenland, which in historic times were occupied by a group of Eskimo known in America as Smith Sound Eskimo and in Denmark as the Polar Eskimo" (1918:107). "While no archaeologist accompanied the Crocker Land Expedition, its members were fully aware of the importance of such data and kept a sharp lookout for old house sites and camp refuse ... His method was to locate old house sites and dig away the debris covering the original floors. In all, fifty-three such sites were plotted and excavated. Their distribution ranged from Parker Snow Bay to Rensselaer Harbor. In addition, some twenty graves were examined" (1918:111). External Link | Download PDF (14.5 MB)
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