Microscopic analysis of feather and hair fragments associated with human mummified remains from Kagamil Island, Alaska
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By: C.J. Dove and S.C. Peurach
Edited by: Bruno Frohlich, Albert B. Harper, and Rolf Gilberg
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Abstract
Human mummified remains of 34 different infant and adult individuals from Kagamil Island, Alaska, are accessioned in the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Kagamil Island is one of the small islands in the Island of Four Mountains group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska and is well known for the mummy caves located on the southwest coast of the island. The Kagamil mummy holdings at the Smithsonian represent one of the largest, best documented and preserved collections of this type. Although these specimens are stored in ideal conditions, many small feather and hair fragments have become loose or disassociated from the actual mummies over the years. This preliminary investigation of fragmentary fiber material retrieved from these artifacts is the first attempt to identify bird and mammal species associated with the mummified remains of the Kagamil Island, Alaska collection and is part of the ongoing research connected with these artifacts.
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Dove, C., Peurach, S., 2002, Microscopic analysis of feather and hair fragments associated with human mummified remains from Kagamil Island, Alaska, chap. of To the Aleutians and beyond: the anthropology of William S. Laughlin, p. 51-62.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Microscopic analysis of feather and hair fragments associated with human mummified remains from Kagamil Island, Alaska |
| Series number | 20 |
| Year Published | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Department of Ethnography, The National Museum of Denmark |
| Publisher location | Copenhagen |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 382 |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | To the Aleutians and beyond: the anthropology of William S. Laughlin |
| First page | 51 |
| Last page | 62 |