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Walrus-Alutiiq Word of the Week-June 18th

By Alutiiq Museum on Jun 19, 2017   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Community Archaeology  

Walrus-Alutiiq Word of the Week-June 18th

Winarpak – Walrus Wiinarpat guut’gpagtuut. – Walrus have big teeth. Winarpk, the Alutiiq word for the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) translates as ‘big sea lion.’ This term that reflects the rarity of walrus in the Alutiiq homeland. Walruses are coastal resident of western Alaska, found along the shores of the Bering and Chukchi seas. […]

Community Archaeology 2011-August 6th

By COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY DIG 2011, Patrick Saltonstall on Aug 8, 2012   Community Archaeology  

WOMANS BAY-Archaeology is about creating stories and then testing them to see if they are true. And if you have ever been a part of any of the excavations I've led you will know that I am constantly coming up with scenarios to account for what we have found.

Community Archaeology 2011-August 19

By COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY DIG 2011, Patrick Saltonstall on Aug 23, 2011   Community Archaeology  

KODIAK, ALASKA-The Amak Site excavation may be over for the year, but the lab work continues. In archaeology, the general rule of thumb is that every hour in the field generates 2 hours of lab work. And if you include writing up the results of the dig into a book or some sort of publication, […]

Community Archaeology 2011-August 17

By COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY DIG 2011, Patrick Saltonstall on Aug 18, 2011   Community Archaeology  

WOMEN'S BAY, ALASKA-The excavation is nearing completion and we have already bottomed out on our main excavation block. Now is when we draw the profiles showing the different layers in the walls of the excavation. This is when we figure out the site's stratigraphy. Stratigraphy tells us what happened at the site – how each […]

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