Douglas W Veltre
Biographic Data
| ID | 239869 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas W Veltre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas W |
| FAMILY NAME | Veltre |
| SIGNATURE | VELTRE D W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alaska Anchorage |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-2800-0018 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gardening in Colonial Russian America
Soon after Russian fur hunters arrived in Alaska in the mid-18th century, they began gardening to supplement the limited foods they brought with them and the locally available food resources. Although published accounts of gardening become more numerous by the early 19th century, the details of such efforts in the Aleut region of southwestern Alaska remain unclear. Archaeological and ethnohistoric data from several locales in this area, especiall…
Historical Overview of Archaeological Research in the Aleut Region of Alaska
The Aleut region has the longest history of anthropological and archaeological investigations in all of Alaska. Although predating formal anthropological studies, the extensive ethnographic account by the Russian Orthodox priest Ivan Veniaminov in the early 1800s laid a solid foundation for scientific archaeological and anthropological investigations over the next 100 years, including those by William Healy Dall in the 1870s, Waldemar Jochelson f…
Patterns of faunal extinction and paleoclimatic change from mid-Holocene mammoth and polar bear remains, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Cave, a lava tube cave on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs, has recently produced a mid-Holocene vertebrate faunal assemblage including woolly mammoth, polar bear, caribou, and Arctic fox. Several dates on the mammoth remains converge on 5700 14 C yr BP. These dates, ~ 2300 yr younger than mammoth dates previously published from the Pribilof Islands, make these the youngest remains of proboscideans, and of non-extinct Quaternary megafauna, recove…
An Uncommon Accomplishment: Allen McCartney's Forty Years of Research in the Aleut Region of Alaska
Allen McCartney’s career of northern field research began in 1962 in the Aleut region of Alaska, an area to which he has returned many times over the next four decades. During that time, he worked throughout the region, from the Alaska Peninsula to the far western Aleutians, to the isolated Pribilof Islands, and at sites spanning the entire range of human occupation. The depth and breadth of his experience and interests have yielded important ins…
Glass Trade Beads from Reese Bay, Unalaska Island: Spatial and Temporal Patterns
Unalaska History and Archaeology Project researchers excavated several thousand glass trade beads from an Aleutian longhouse at the Reese Bay site on Unalaska Island, Alaska. This paper provides a description of the beads, a discussion of their use by Russian explorers and Alaska Natives, and an analysis of the horizontal and vertical distribution of the beads within the longhouse. Comparison to other Alaskan sites revealed that the composition o…
Russian exploitation of Aleuts and fur seals: The archaeology of eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century settlements in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Aleutian Island prehistory: Living in insular extremes
Peoples of the Aleutian Islands lived under a number of stressful environmental constraints, including extreme isolation, volcanic eruptions, seismic activity (including tsunamis), frequent storms, rough seas, gale‐force winds, frequent fog and precipitation, and an exclusive marine diet. Nevertheless, the Aleutian Islands supported a large maritime population during late prehistoric times. Cultural adaptations to these conditions included the us…
Archaeology and the Capitalist World System: A Study from Russian America
Russian America and the Archaeology of Capitalism. Three Saints Harbor Through the Lens of History. Archaeological Overview of the Three Saints Harbor Site. Houses and Households. Cultural Remains. Discussion and Conclusions. Appendix: Research at Three Saints harbor in 1962 Donald W. Clark. Index
The Wake of the Unseen Object: Among the Native Cultures of Bush Alaska, by Tom Kizzia
to the psychological identity of North Americans.The perceptual dichotomies of wilderness, either as something to be conquered and subdued (the developers) or as something to be preserved and maintained as a reminder of our roots to the natural ecosystems of the earth (the conservationists), are the major protagonists upon and around which Coates undertakes his analysis and weaves his story.The book nicely divides into three sections: a historica…
Journal of an Aleutian Year, by Ethel Ross Oliver
Aleutian Island prehistory: Living in insular extremes
Peoples of the Aleutian Islands lived under a number of stressful environmental constraints, including extreme isolation, volcanic eruptions, seismic activity (including tsunamis), frequent storms, rough seas, gale‐force winds, frequent fog and precipitation, and an exclusive marine diet. Nevertheless, the Aleutian Islands supported a large maritime population during late prehistoric times. Cultural adaptations to these conditions included the us…
Russian exploitation of Aleuts and fur seals: The archaeology of eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century settlements in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Glass Trade Beads from Reese Bay, Unalaska Island: Spatial and Temporal Patterns
Unalaska History and Archaeology Project researchers excavated several thousand glass trade beads from an Aleutian longhouse at the Reese Bay site on Unalaska Island, Alaska. This paper provides a description of the beads, a discussion of their use by Russian explorers and Alaska Natives, and an analysis of the horizontal and vertical distribution of the beads within the longhouse. Comparison to other Alaskan sites revealed that the composition o…
Journal of an Aleutian Year, by Ethel Ross Oliver
The Wake of the Unseen Object: Among the Native Cultures of Bush Alaska, by Tom Kizzia
to the psychological identity of North Americans.The perceptual dichotomies of wilderness, either as something to be conquered and subdued (the developers) or as something to be preserved and maintained as a reminder of our roots to the natural ecosystems of the earth (the conservationists), are the major protagonists upon and around which Coates undertakes his analysis and weaves his story.The book nicely divides into three sections: a historica…
Aleutian Island prehistory: Living in insular extremes
Peoples of the Aleutian Islands lived under a number of stressful environmental constraints, including extreme isolation, volcanic eruptions, seismic activity (including tsunamis), frequent storms, rough seas, gale‐force winds, frequent fog and precipitation, and an exclusive marine diet. Nevertheless, the Aleutian Islands supported a large maritime population during late prehistoric times. Cultural adaptations to these conditions included the us…
Archaeology and the Capitalist World System: A Study from Russian America
Russian America and the Archaeology of Capitalism. Three Saints Harbor Through the Lens of History. Archaeological Overview of the Three Saints Harbor Site. Houses and Households. Cultural Remains. Discussion and Conclusions. Appendix: Research at Three Saints harbor in 1962 Donald W. Clark. Index
Russian exploitation of Aleuts and fur seals: The archaeology of eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century settlements in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Glass Trade Beads from Reese Bay, Unalaska Island: Spatial and Temporal Patterns
Unalaska History and Archaeology Project researchers excavated several thousand glass trade beads from an Aleutian longhouse at the Reese Bay site on Unalaska Island, Alaska. This paper provides a description of the beads, a discussion of their use by Russian explorers and Alaska Natives, and an analysis of the horizontal and vertical distribution of the beads within the longhouse. Comparison to other Alaskan sites revealed that the composition o…
An Uncommon Accomplishment: Allen McCartney's Forty Years of Research in the Aleut Region of Alaska
Allen McCartney’s career of northern field research began in 1962 in the Aleut region of Alaska, an area to which he has returned many times over the next four decades. During that time, he worked throughout the region, from the Alaska Peninsula to the far western Aleutians, to the isolated Pribilof Islands, and at sites spanning the entire range of human occupation. The depth and breadth of his experience and interests have yielded important ins…
Patterns of faunal extinction and paleoclimatic change from mid-Holocene mammoth and polar bear remains, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Cave, a lava tube cave on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs, has recently produced a mid-Holocene vertebrate faunal assemblage including woolly mammoth, polar bear, caribou, and Arctic fox. Several dates on the mammoth remains converge on 5700 14 C yr BP. These dates, ~ 2300 yr younger than mammoth dates previously published from the Pribilof Islands, make these the youngest remains of proboscideans, and of non-extinct Quaternary megafauna, recove…
Historical Overview of Archaeological Research in the Aleut Region of Alaska
The Aleut region has the longest history of anthropological and archaeological investigations in all of Alaska. Although predating formal anthropological studies, the extensive ethnographic account by the Russian Orthodox priest Ivan Veniaminov in the early 1800s laid a solid foundation for scientific archaeological and anthropological investigations over the next 100 years, including those by William Healy Dall in the 1870s, Waldemar Jochelson f…
Gardening in Colonial Russian America
Soon after Russian fur hunters arrived in Alaska in the mid-18th century, they began gardening to supplement the limited foods they brought with them and the locally available food resources. Although published accounts of gardening become more numerous by the early 19th century, the details of such efforts in the Aleut region of southwestern Alaska remain unclear. Archaeological and ethnohistoric data from several locales in this area, especiall…
Archaeology (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (7 works) · Geology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Geology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Oceanography (3 works) · Oceanography (3 works)