Linguistic and Genetic (Mtdna) Connections Between Native Peoples of Alaska and California: Ancient Mariners of the Middle Holocene

by Kent G. Lightfoot, Nancy J. Turner, Cecil H. Brown

Linguistic and Genetic (mtDNA) Connections between Native Peoples of Alaska and California: Ancient Mariners of the Middle Holocene traces the linguistic and biological connections between contemporary Aleut people of southwest Alaska and historic Utian people of central California. During the Middle Holocene Period, Aleut and Utian languages diverged from their common parent language, Proto-Aleut-Utian (PAU), spoken by people who resided...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666915106
• ISBN13: 9781666915105
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 248 Pages