Book
Ipiutak and the Arctic whale hunting culture
[s.n.] • 42 • Published In 1948 • Pages: 276 , plates
By: Larsen, Helge Eyvin, Rainey, Froelich G. (Froelich Gladstone).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the classic study on Ipiutak archaeology done by Larsen and Rainey at Point Hope, Alaska, in 1939-1941.The data gathered from the excavations at this site have helped to clarify many of the previously held theories about the origin of the Eskimo in the American Arctic. Excavations at the site have produced some 10,000 artifacts as well as 500 skeletal remains (p.5). The detailed laboratory analysis of the cultural artifacts, combined with supplementary library research, forms the bulk of this document. The authors' analysis of Ipiutak culture, is based primarily on their interpretation of house types, burial patterns, and the functional use of stone, bone, and ivory weapons and tools in the society. Other cultural types at Point Hope are also discussed in this work such as the Near Ipiutak and Arctic Whale Hunting Cultures. A series of 101 plates will be found at the end of this study illustrating much of the discussion on material culture presented in the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Lithic industries
- Dwellings
- Weapons
- General tools
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- Typologies and classifications
- Archaeological inventories
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Norton
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Helge Larsen and Froelich Rainey
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-266)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 49003599
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Eskimos--Antiquities