Archeology

     The Aleutians are one of the richest and least explored territories in America.  Because of their strategic location, between Asia and North America, the Chain has long been a breeding ground of archeological theories.
     But it's also an expensive, dismal place to work.  The field season is short, rainy and foggy.  The Aleuts themselves aren't a well-known native group outside of Alaska.
     And so little has been done.  But those who have dug into the Aleutian past have found treasure.  Eight to eleven thousand years of artifacts.  Mummies, polar bear bones, exquisite watercraft, warfare implements, multi-room homes with hearths and water channels that may have been used for steam cooking and heating, a long-lived industrious, complex people, who took slaves, adored their children, raided other villages, wove delicate baskets and flourished.

Visit these links to learn more.

• Aleutian Pribilof Island Assoc.

• Margaret Bay Archaeological Site

• Alaska's Valley of the Kings

• Museum of the Aleutians

• Aleut Women

• Piercing in the arctic