Kaadaraadar, ivory image of the Aleut deity, found in excavation of Chaluka, Umnak Island, 1948.

• Main Authors: W. S. Laughlin, G. H. Marsh
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ostrova; Sion; aleut; Arctic; Chaluka; Kamchatka; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.584.101; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic4-2-74.pdf

T HE unique position of the Aleutian Islands, forming a chain between two major continents, Asia and the New World, has resulted in much discus-sion on the origin and affinities of the Aleuts. The paucity of sound anthro-pological data together with the tantalizing proximity of the Komandorskie Ostr...