Archaeological Investigations on Agattu, Aleutian Islands
Archaeological Investigations on Agattu, Aleutian Islands
by Albert C. Spaulding
University of Michigan Press, 1962 Paper: 978-1-949098-27-3 | eISBN: 978-1-951519-49-0 (standard)
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Albert C. Spaulding reports on the 1949 excavations on the island of Agattu, at the western end of the Aleutian Islands. Spaulding and his team identified the remains of two villages on Agattu, within which they opened four excavation units. They found numerous burials and hundreds of artifacts, including stone tools, bone ornaments and tools, and animal bone. The site is dated to about 615 BC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Introduction
The Natural Environment
Surface Features
Excavation Units
Excavation Unit 1
Excavation Unit 3
Excavation Unit 4
Summary
Artifacts, Fauna, and Flora
Chipped-stone Artifacts
Pecked- and Ground-stone Artifacts
Bone and Teeth Artifacts
Faunal Remains
Conclusion
References Cited
Plates
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