The Western Aleutians: Cultural Isolation and Environmental Change

International audience Recent research in the westem Aleutians addresses two primary issues: the nature and extent of cultural exchange along the Aleutian chain, and Holocene environmental change and its effects on the development of Aleut culture. Cultural isolation is a major paradigm of researche...

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Main Authors: Corbett, Debra, Lefevre, Christine, Siegel-Causey, Douglas
Other Authors: Animal, Os et Archéologie, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 1997
Subjects:
Aleutian Islands
subarctic
cultural exchange
Holocene
environmental change
maritime adaptations
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory
aleut
Subarctic
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02088289
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02088289/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02088289/file/Corbett%20et%20al%201997%20The%20Western%20Aleutians%20-%20cultural%20isolation%20and%20environmental%20change%20-%20Human%20Ecology.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021875626928
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Summary:International audience Recent research in the westem Aleutians addresses two primary issues: the nature and extent of cultural exchange along the Aleutian chain, and Holocene environmental change and its effects on the development of Aleut culture. Cultural isolation is a major paradigm of researchers working in the Aleutians. Review of the distribution of several cultural traits suggests the Aleuts adopted many cultural elements originating outside the chain, but the distribution of these to the westem islands was uneven.

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