American Indian Burial Site Discovered

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Summary

A research team led by archeologist William Fitzhugh of the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History to remote regions of Arctic Northwest Labrador, discovers the northernmost Indian burial structure known in eastern North America.

Subject

  • Fitzhugh, William W. 1943-
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1977, p. 11

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

August, 1977

Topic

  • Archaeology
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Ethnology

Place

North America

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