Alaska -- Antiquities; Eskimos; Eskimos -- Anthropometry; Indians of North America -- Alaska; Indians of North America -- Yukon
The most important site of the peninsula region is doubtless that at
the cape. Thanks to the able local teacher of that time, Mr. Clark
M. Garber, I am able to present a detailed map of this locality. It
is here that Doctor Jenness in 1926 conducted some excavations with
interesting results. But the site has barely been touched. It is the
nearest point to Asia. There are ample indications that it has been
occupied for a long period and by relatively large numbers of people.
Besides the ruined parts and old heaps there are still the skulls and
bones of many burials among the rocks about the village, and there is
evidence that more are in the ground. It is one of the chief sites
of the far northwest for systematic thorough exploration, and such
exploration is a growing necessity for all branches of anthropology
interested in the problems of the Bering Sea and Asiatic-American
connections.
SCAMMON BAY, NORTON SOUND, SOUTH COAST OF SEWARD PENINSULA, TO CAPE
RODNEY
[FIG. 22]
91. _Melatolik._--A small coast village.
92. _Bimiut._--A small coast village.
93. _Kwikak._--Eskimo village on the outer coast in the Yukon Delta, a
little south of the mouth of Black River. Native name, from the Coast
Survey, 1898, which gives it as Kwikagamiut. (G. D. A.)
[Illustration: FIGURE 22.--Eskimo Villages and sites, Scammon Bay to
Norton Sound and Bay to Cape Rodney]
94. _Kipniak._--Eskimo village and Coast Survey tidal station at mouth
of Black River in the Yukon Delta. Nelson, 1879, reports its name to be
Kipniaguk and Dall writes it phonetically Kip-nai-ak. (G. D. A.)
95. _Kogomiut._--A small village.
96. _Waklarok._--A small village.
97. _Nunamekrok._--A small village.
97a. _Eleutak._--A small settlement.
98. _Nilak._--A small village.
99. _Kwikluak._--A small village near the mouth of the Kwikluak Pass of
the Yukon, south bank.
100. _Alakanuk._--A small settlement.
101. _Kwiguk._--A village on Kwikluak Pass of the Yukon, north bank.
102. _Kwikpak._--Village near mouth north bank of pass of same name,
Yukon River.
103. _Nakhliwak._--A small village, occupied part of time, about 2
miles from mouth of Apoon Pass, Yukon; visited by the writer; small
skeletal collection.
104. _Kotlik Point._--A store and Eskimo camp (summer) at mouth of
Apoon Pass, north bank. (A. H.)
105. _Pastolik._--Four Eskimo houses, occupied winter. Extensive burial
ground near. Collections, A. Hrdlička. Good prospects for excavation in
burial places.
106. _Pikmiktalik._--Eskimo village, near the mouth of Pikmiktalik
River, about 30 miles to the south of St. Michael, western Alaska. (G.
D. A.)
106a. _Pastoliak._--A site near mouth of next small stream to the
north. A few houses. Some burials.
107. _St. Michael and Whale Island._--Old sites, northeast end of St.
Michael and on Whale Island, opposite. A small living village near the
point of the main island, mostly mix bloods. (A. H.)
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