The Diamond Jenness Collections from Bering Strait

by David A. Morrison

It is not widely appreciated that the first systematic archaeological work in Alaska was undertaken by Diamond Jenness of the National Museum of Canada (now the Canadian Museum of Civilization). In 1926 Jenness worked at two locations on Bering Strait: Cape Prince of Wales and Little Diomede Island. This work resulted in the first identification of Old Bering Sea culture and determined the stratigraphic position of Thule culture in Alaska, laying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0660129221
• ISBN13: 9780660129228
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 9.5"