Evolutionism and Historical Particularism at the St. Petersburg Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography

The paper describes the early 20th century debates between several leading Russian anthropologists, including Lev Shternberg, on the best way of displaying artifacts in the newly refurbished Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology in St. Petersburg. These debates revealed major tensions and contradictions between evolutionism and historical particularism, as well as universalism and nationalism within Russian anthropology of that era

North Pacific Phocidae

p. 459-499 : ill. ; 24 cm.Includes bibliographical references.Nomenclature. The generic name Phoca. Specific names -- Sexual differences in dentition in Phoca vitulina -- Comparison of the Atlantic and Pacific forms of the Phoca vitulina group. Cranial differences. Dental characters. Supernumerary teeth -- The North Pacific Phocidae (with descriptions of new forms)

Leftovers:The presence of manufacture-derived aquatic lipids in Alaskan Pottery

Lipids preserved within the walls of ancient pottery vessels are routinely analysed to reveal their original contents. The provenience of aquatic lipids in pottery is generally connected to vessel function (e.g., for cooking or storing fish, shellfish and aquatic mammals). However, ethnographic reports from early historic Alaska mention the use of aquatic oils for waterproofing low-fired pottery. Results of lipid residue studies on Alaskan pottery reflect an exclusive function of pottery to process aquatic resources. However, can one be sure these residues are the product of vessel function and not a remnant of the manufacturing process? The study presents the results of an experiment where the preservation of aquatic lipids during the firing process at different temperatures was measured. It was found that nearly all lipids were removed at firing temperatures of ≥ 400°C. Petrographic analysis of Alaskan pottery samples indicates that firing temperatures were generally &gt; 550°C but &lt; 800°C. The contribution of pre-firing manufacture-derived lipids to samples fired at these temperatures may be regarded as negligible. While the possible presence of aquatic lipids from post-firing surface treatments cannot be excluded, such treatments appear unnecessary for well-fired pottery.</p

The Concept of the "Field" in Early Soviet Ethnography : A Northern Perspective

Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Chukchee mythology. Memoirs of the AMNH ; v. 12, pt. 1; Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 8, pt. 1.

197 p. 36 cm

The Eskimo of Siberia. Memoirs of the AMNH ; v. 12, pt. 3; Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 8, pt. 3.

p. 417-456 36 cm.Folk-tales.--Songs.--Text: The one-who-finds-nothing