Northwest History. Alaska 7. Archaeology, United States

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1934
• Subjects: Cordova; relics; Asian invasion; archeological discoveries; migration; Asia; Aleutian Island; North America; Dr. Als Hrdlicka; United States National Museum; Kodiak Island; Uyak Bay; excavations; continent; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Alaska; Pacific; Kodiak; Uyak; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/89016

Relics Reveal Asian Invasion Into Alaska: Dr. O Ales Hrdlicka Finds Big Wall On Kodiak Island; Says Two Races Inhabited Region. RELICS REVEAL ASIAN INVASION INTO ALASKA DrO Ales Hrdlicka Finds Big Wall on Kodiak Island; Says Two Races Inhabited Region CORDOVA, Alaska, Sept. 9.— (AP) — Archeological discoveries which are expected to prove of great value in tracing the migration of peoples from Asia to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and thence westward to continental North America were reported here today by Dr. Als Hrdlicka, curator of th United States National Museum, upon his arrival from Kodiak Island. Dr. Hrdlicka and his five student assistants unearthed a wall 350 feet long and sixteen feet high in their excavations on Uyak Bay as their major discovery of the trip. SEPARATE TYPES At the site of the wall were found many implements and skeletal remains of ancient Alaskan cultures which Dr. Hrdlicka said substantiated the contention that two prehistoric races had lived there at different ages. Discovery of the massive wall, scientists assert, clearly distinguishes the' early immigrants to the Aleutian chain from the Indians found in North America with the discovery of the continent, as they had never entered into any communal enterprise of a lasting nature. Dr. Hrdlicka intends to continue his excavations next year.