Unangan Past and Present: The Contrasts Between Observed and Inferred Histories

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Article

Authors

D. H. O’Rourke, University of Utah
D. L. West, University of Kansas
M. H. Crawford, University of Kansas

Abstract

Academic research focusing on the population and culture history of the Aleut (Unangan) people began in the late 19th century and continues to the present. The papers in this special issue of Human Biology summarize the latest results from archaeological, linguistic, genetic, and morphometric research approaches that bear on our current understanding of Unangan history and prehistory. Although these new analyses have provided a level of description and resolution previously unattainable, explanatory models and mechanisms for the patterned variation observed over time in the biological and cultural record of the Aleutian region remains elusive. Bringing the diverse data sets into concordance to represent an integrated synthesis of Aleut population and culture history and of Unangan origins and their relationships with other groups in the region remains a goal for future investigators.

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O’Rourke, D. H.; West, D. L.; and Crawford, M. H. (2010) "Unangan Past and Present: The Contrasts Between Observed and Inferred Histories," Human Biology: Vol. 82: Iss. 5-6, Article 15. Available at: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol82/iss5/15