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. View of the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Chelan, filled with specimen bags after several outings to Kagamil Island. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to...
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.