Ivar Skarland (September 2, 1899 – January 1, 1965) was a Norwegian anthropologist.[1]
Skarland was born in Høylandet, Norway, on September 2, 1899. He earned a diploma from the Steinkjer School of Forestry in Norway in 1921 before moving to the United States for further education. He studied English at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, graduating in 1935. In 1942, he was awarded a master's degree in Anthropology from Harvard University and in 1948 received a Ph.D. from the same institution.[2] He was a student of Earnest Hooton.[3] He worked with Otto W. Geist.[4] In 1965, Mount Skarland in the Alaska Range was officially named after him.[5]
Works edit
- The Geography and Archaeology of Alaska in Pleistocene and Early Post-glacial Time (1949)
References edit
- ^ Ivar Skarland by Laurence Irving
- ^ Hadleigh West, Frederick (1966). "Ivar Skarland 1899-1965". American Anthropologist. 68: 132–133. doi:10.1525/aa.1966.68.1.02a00120.
- ^ Of Caves and Shell Mounds by Patty Jo Watson, Southeastern Archeological Conference
- ^ Obituary for Ivar Skarland
- ^ United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States, Decision List No. 6504, (1966), page 5.
External links edit
- The geography and archaeology of Alaska in Pleistocene and early post-glacial time Manuscript at Dartmouth College Library
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