The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Larson’s Bay: Dr. H. and the major seen thru bug nets, uncovering a fireplace, June 9." View of Ales Hrdlicka and Alan May cleaning out a fireplace. Both men are wearing head netting, and May is smoking a...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "May, photographing our cache of chipped knives, June 8th." View of Alan May photographing a set of six chipped knives. He is using a tripod and wearing a heat net. From May's journal, dated June 8th: "The...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936 Pots on point." View of excavated checkalinas, or storage containers. From May's journal, dated June 13th: "I found a good lamp, some points and three chekalinas. ...These chekalinas are dishes...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936, fire place, west banks." From May's journal, dated June 9th: "The Doctor uncovered a nice fireplace from which I saved a lot of seed found in a shell which was used for food. This is is the...
Title taken from caption. View of Ales Hrdlicka and Sidney Conner photographing a slate sidewalk. From May's journal, dated June 22nd: "In the afternoon I came across a slate flagstone walk, which the Doctor wanted exposed. This took considerable...
Title taken from caption. Item taken from site on Amlia Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of item removed from site on Agattu Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of flat stones found during an excavation of a barabara. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of items removed from site on Agattu. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of a wooden bowl and a portion of a hat. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Image of artifacts described by May as knives, scrapers, drills and points of green-stone as well as whale teeth, alws, and a foreshaft. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
Title taken from caption.View of items excavated on Umnak Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Image of an item removed from a dig site on Umnak Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of items taken from the dig site on Amaknak Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of an excavated fire place at the dig site on Kodiak. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption also notes: "12 1/2" x 11 1/2". 1 1/2" deep." Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Image taken at the dig site at Larsen Bay. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of a fireplace excavated at the dig site at Larsen Bay. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.