Alaska -- Antiquities; Eskimos; Eskimos -- Anthropometry; Indians of North America -- Alaska; Indians of North America -- Yukon
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[66] Rasmussen, Knud, Across Arctic America. New York, London, 1927,
329-330.
POINT HOPE TO POINT BARROW
Information about this part of the northwesternmost coast of Alaska
was obtained principally from Jim Allen, the trader at Wainwright, and
Charles Brower, the trader at Barrow; but parts of the coast were also
examined in person. The number of old sites is rather large, but it
appears that there is not much of special promise until we reach near
Barrow.
Old "igloos" southwest of Barrow: From 5 to 8 miles southwest of
Barrow and at some distance (up to about 400 yards) from the shore
there existed, and in part still exist, a series of elevations which
the natives of Barrow always regarded as natural. On excavation the
larger of these elevations proved to be old structures with numerous
burials and cultural objects, and the remains, as shown elsewhere, are
exceptional for this coast. Six of these "mounds" have been excavated
by the University of Pennsylvania Expedition (Van Valin), while
several are still remaining. It is very important that these should be
carefully excavated before they are attacked by the natives of Barrow
for mercenary purposes.
BARROW AND POINT BARROW
Two large living villages, with old sites and inhumed (natural) burials
in their vicinity, and with some old remains between them. Barrow is
the most important present mixed settlement and center of civilization
in the Arctic. Besides the school, it contains a mission hospital and
recently a meteorological observatory and wireless station. The tundras
to the east of the village for about 1½ miles show patches of burials,
particularly in the more distant parts of this region on the elevations
to both sides of a small stream.
Much archeological work remains to be done about Barrow, particularly
in the remainder of the old "igloos." East of Point Barrow the
population is very sparse and no ruins of any note or settlements
are reported before those of the Barter Island and the mouth of the
Colville River.
175. _Pingishuguruk._--A small old site.
176. _Ketchemeluk._--A small old site.
176a. _Ipnot._--Eskimo village on the Arctic coast, near Cape Thomson,
a little south of Point Hope. Name from Petrof, who wrote it Ip-Not and
Ipnot, and reported a population of 40 in 1880.
177. Old whaling station.
178. _Point Hope or Tigara._--Eskimo village at Point Hope, Arctic
Ocean. It is Tiekagag-miut of Tikhmenief, 1861; Tikirak of Petrof,
1880, who reports a population in that year of 276. Spelled Tikera in
the Eleventh Census. Herendeen gives Tik-i-rah. The Eskimo name of the
settlement is said to be Tik-i-rah-mum. Visited by A. H.; important
collections.
179. _Wewuk_ (_or Wevok_).--Eskimo village on the Arctic coast, near
Cape Lisburne. Eskimo name, published by the Hydrographic Office in
1890. (G. D. A.) (Jim Allen.)
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