Nunivak Island Eskimo (Yuit) technology and material culture / Fieldiana, Anthropology, new series, no.12

• Main Authors: VanStone, James W., Field Museum of Natural History.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, Ill. : Field Museum of Natural History 1989
• Subjects: Eskimos; Indians of North America; eskimo*; Nunivak; Nunivak Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:nunivakislandesk12vanst; http://www.archive.org/details/nunivakislandesk12vanst

During 1939-1940 Margaret Lantis lived for a year on Nunivak Island off the coast of west-central Alaska. Although the major purpose of her research was to record social organization, religion, and folklore, she also took extensive notes on technology and material culture. Lantis has published extensively on various aspects of Nunivaarmiut social culture but a projected study of material culture was never completed. The present account is based primarily on Lantis's field notes on Nunivaarmiut technology and material culture. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-44). During 1939-1940 Margaret Lantis lived for a year on Nunivak Island off the coast of west-central Alaska. Although the major purpose of her research was to record social organization, religion, and folklore, she also took extensive notes on technology and material culture. Lantis has published extensively on various aspects of Nunivaarmiut social culture but a projected study of material culture was never completed. The present account is based primarily on Lantis's field notes on Nunivaarmiut technology and material culture. Fieldiana series has been published as Anthropological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Anthropology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-).