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Diamond Jenness's archaeological investigations on Barter Island, Alaska

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Stuart E. Jenness
Stuart E. Jenness
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9–2051 Jasmine Crescent, Gloucester, Ontario, Canada K1J 7W2
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Abstract

In June and July 1914 DiamondJenness.amember of Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–18, excavated 103 archaeological features in three abandoned native villages originally inhabited 400 to 550 years ago on Barter Island and nearby Arey Island, northern Alaska. His notes, diagrams, and some 3300 specimens for long remained unstudied. Recently they have been shown to provide much of the available information on the prehistoric occupation of the western Beaufort Sea coast.

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Polar Record , Volume 26 , Issue 157 , April 1990 , pp. 91 - 102
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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