2016
DOI: 10.3368/aa.53.2.52
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Alutiiq Subsistence Economy at Igvak, a Russian-American Artel in the Kodiak Archipelago

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“…Although we cannot directly compare modern harvesting data with prehistoric activities, this evidence suggests a high carrying capacity for foxes at the time of Russian contact. Yet, there are very small numbers of prehistoric fox remains recovered from Fox Islands middens (Table 1); on Kodiak, the percentage of fox remains is significantly higher (Etneir et al, 2016), which probably correlates with other cultural variables between these two island societies.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Although we cannot directly compare modern harvesting data with prehistoric activities, this evidence suggests a high carrying capacity for foxes at the time of Russian contact. Yet, there are very small numbers of prehistoric fox remains recovered from Fox Islands middens (Table 1); on Kodiak, the percentage of fox remains is significantly higher (Etneir et al, 2016), which probably correlates with other cultural variables between these two island societies.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The only evidence concerning nineteenth-century dogs near the Aleutians comes from Khlebnikov's (1979, p. 39) memoirs, in which he describes the harvesting of ground squirrels and foxes by locals on Kodiak: “For ground squirrel trapping, hunters use up to 200 dogs, which, when running with them, sniff the holes and show where the critters hide”, and “[f]oxes are much caught by dogs, which the Aleuts have bred everywhere” (translation by the authors). It is worth noting that the large number of dogs on Kodiak during the Russian era is demonstrated by the high relative frequency of dog remains (5–10% of identified mammals) in the kitchen middens dated to AD 1790–1830 (Etnier et al, 2016). It remains unclear, however, whether the local hunters bred dogs after contact with Russians, or before.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%