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The Position of Ipiutak in Eskimo Culture —Reply

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Henry B. Collins
Henry B. Collins*
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Smithsonian InstitutionWashington, D.C.
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The greater part of Larsen's paper is a restatement of the Ipiutak theory rather than a reply to my two specific criticisms. I feel that this theory is based on a series of questionable assumptions rather than facts, but as Larsen properly insists on “sound scientific documentation and not mere statements” I will not attempt to discuss the theory as a whole in the space available here but refer to a recent publication which gives my views (Collins, 1954, pp. 78-85). The second half of Larsen's paper deals for the most part with the second of the two points I raised, the relationship of the Ipiutak and Old Bering Sea cultures. This is a crucial point for the Ipiutak theory, for if I am correct the type culture of the “palae-Eskimo” complex, from the evidence of both archaeology and radiocarbon dating, is later than cultures assigned to the “neo-Eskimo” complex and also more closely related to them than to other “palae-Eskimo” cultures.

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American Antiquity , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , July 1954 , pp. 79 - 84
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1954

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