Alaska -- Antiquities; Eskimos; Eskimos -- Anthropometry; Indians of North America -- Alaska; Indians of North America -- Yukon
[Illustration: FIGURE 25.--Eskimo villages and sites, Kevalina to Point
Barrow]
180. _Iniktilik._--Small village, occupied. (S. Chance.)
181. _Pitmegia._--A small old site at the mouth of river of same name,
north side. (Jim Allen, S. Chance.)
_e._ _Napayochak._--Old camp, two igloos. (S. Chance.)
_f._ _Tolageak._--A small old site. (S. Chance.)
_g._ _Emelik._--A small old site. (S. Chance.)
_h._ _Pingasoogarook._--Old village, still occupied. (S. Chance.)
182. _Umalik._ }
}
183. _Koochik._ }
} Trapping stations; igloos. (S. Chance.)
184. }
}
185. }
186. _Kokolik._--Eskimo settlement, at Point Lay, Arctic coast. (G. D.
A.) Old but still partly occupied village. (S. Chance.) Kelik. (Jim
Allen.)
187. _Napayochik._--Old camp, two igloos. (S. Chance.)
188. _Tolageak._--Old dead igloos. (S. Chance.)
189. _Utukok._--Old small settlement at northern mouth of Utukok River.
190. _Emelik._--Old deserted igloo. (S. Chance.)
191. _Kayakshulik._--A live village at Icy Cape. (Jim Allen, S. Chance.)
192. _Nokotlik_ (_?_).--Old igloo. (S. Chance.)
193. _Mitliktavik._--A dead moderate-sized village, about 5 miles below
Kilik. (Jim Allen.)
194. _Kilimantavic._--Eskimo village, near Wainwright Inlet, Arctic
coast. Tikhmenief, 1861, calls it Kilametagag-miut; Petrof, 1880, calls
it Kolumakturook; Hydrographic Chart 68 calls it Kelamantowruk, while
later charts omit it or call it Kilimantavic. According to Murdoch this
name is Ke-lev-a-tow-tin (sling). (G. D. A.) A large dead village about
20 miles below Wainwright. (Jim Allen.) Kilamitavic. (S. Chance.)
195. Old abandoned camp. (S. Chance.)
196. _Wainwright._--A large living native village; some remains of old
habitations on its eastern outskirts. (A. H.) About a mile south of
present settlements are the remains of the old village once occupied by
the Wainwright people. (Jim Allen.)
197. _Kululin._--Old site.
198. _Sedaru._--Old dead village.
199. _Atnik._--Old dead village. (S. Chance.) Possibly same with next.
200. _Itanik._--On maps Atanik. Old village, still partly occupied. (S.
Chance, Jim Allen.) Called Ataniek in Tikhmenief, 1861. (G. D. A.)
201. _Pinoshuragin._--Petrof, 1880, shows a native village of this name
(population 29) on the Seahorse Islands. On British Admiralty Chart 593
(ed. of 1882) it is called Pingoshugarun. (G. D. A.) Pingasoogarook:
Old village, still occupied. (S. Chance.)
202. _Kokolak._--Two old igloos, still occupied. (S. Chance.)
203. _Sakamna._--Small camp.
204. _Sinaru._--Small camp about 22 miles from Barrow; visited by A.
H.; small skeletal collection.
205. _Walakpa._--A small dead old settlement about 12 miles from Barrow.
206. _Nunava._--Small camp.
207. "_Old Igloos._"--A very important site archeologically. Explored
partly by Van Valin. (See special section devoted to this site.)
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