Northwest History. Alaska 7. Archaeology, United States
'Glorified Pick And Shoveler': He Digs History. 'GLORIFIED PICK AND SHOVELER' He Digs History. ON THE TRAIL OF FIRST SETTLERS. Henry B. Collins, Who Leads Scientific Party. 3 Savants Sail for Alaska On the elusive trail of the early Mongol peoples who crossed the Bering Straits f...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/89020 2023-05-15T18:19:23+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska 7. Archaeology, United States Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1936-06-04 'Glorified Pick And Shoveler': He Digs History. 1936-06-04 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/89020 English eng May, 2014 nwh-sh-7-10-9 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/89020 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History Alaska Box 7 Alaska Savants Mongol peoples Bering Straits Siberia North and South America Eastern scientists Alaska Steamship Company's Victoria Henry B. Collins Smithsonian Institution National Geographic Society James A. Ford Louisiana State University Harrison Prindle Duke University Cape Prince of Wales archeological discoveries Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1936 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:17:33Z 'Glorified Pick And Shoveler': He Digs History. 'GLORIFIED PICK AND SHOVELER' He Digs History. ON THE TRAIL OF FIRST SETTLERS. Henry B. Collins, Who Leads Scientific Party. 3 Savants Sail for Alaska On the elusive trail of the early Mongol peoples who crossed the Bering Straits from Siberia thousands of years ago to populate North and South America, three noted Eastern scientists sailed on the Alaska Steamship Company's Victoria yesterday . Half-humorously alluding to their capacities as "just glorified pick and shovel men," Henry B. Collins of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Geographic Society; James A. Ford of Louisiana State University and Harrison Prindle, graduate of Duke University, were bound for Cape Prince of Wales, where amazing archeological discoveries have been made in recent years. On the bleak, storm-swept coast, just fifty-five miles east of the Siberian coast line, they will dig in frozen ground -- at the rate of three inches a day -- for the crude implements, adornments and the skeletons of those early peoples. Bit by bit they hope to unearth evidence further to corroborate their theory. Text Shoveler Alaska Siberia Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Cape Prince of Wales ENVELOPE(-71.499,-71.499,61.617,61.617) Pacific |
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'Glorified Pick And Shoveler': He Digs History. 'GLORIFIED PICK AND SHOVELER' He Digs History. ON THE TRAIL OF FIRST SETTLERS. Henry B. Collins, Who Leads Scientific Party. 3 Savants Sail for Alaska On the elusive trail of the early Mongol peoples who crossed the Bering Straits from Siberia thousands of years ago to populate North and South America, three noted Eastern scientists sailed on the Alaska Steamship Company's Victoria yesterday . Half-humorously alluding to their capacities as "just glorified pick and shovel men," Henry B. Collins of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Geographic Society; James A. Ford of Louisiana State University and Harrison Prindle, graduate of Duke University, were bound for Cape Prince of Wales, where amazing archeological discoveries have been made in recent years. On the bleak, storm-swept coast, just fifty-five miles east of the Siberian coast line, they will dig in frozen ground -- at the rate of three inches a day -- for the crude implements, adornments and the skeletons of those early peoples. Bit by bit they hope to unearth evidence further to corroborate their theory. |
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