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A Burial Cave on Kanaga Island, Aleutian Islands*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Willis H. Nelson  and
Frank Barnett
Willis H. Nelson
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological SurveyDenver, Colorado
Frank Barnett
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological SurveyDenver, Colorado
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The Aleut burial cave described in this report was found by the authors during field work in July, 1952. As the site was left entirely undisturbed, the information may be useful to parties programming future work in the Aleutian Islands area. Further, it may be possible on the strength of this description alone to relate the burial occurrence to known cultural traits. At the very least it will point out the existence of an intensely interesting isolated feature. The cave is located at the base of a steep sea cliff on Kanaga Island at latitude 51° 43’ 44” N. and longitude 177° 31'10” W. (All locations are from the Army Map Service map of Kanaga Island, Sheet no. 3 of 5, scale 1:25,000.) A small kitchen midden was noted a short distance south of the cave.

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American Antiquity , Volume 20 , Issue 4Part1 , April 1955 , pp. 387 - 392
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1955

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* Publication authorized by the Director, U.S. Geological Survey