Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1932, Page 14

A—14 o THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, 1932—PART ONE. D. C. MARCH 6, - == OLD LIFE IS FOUND ON KODIAK ISLAND Evidence of Ancient Culture Discovered Through New | Excavations. Evidence of a culture which may be a direct relative of the marvelous civilization of the Mayas, Incas and Aztecs has been found in artifacts ex- | cavated from an ancient village site on Kodiak Island, just south of the Alaska Peninsula, it is announced by | Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical anthropology of the Smithsonian Insti- tution. Dr. Hrdlicka is engaged in an inten- sive study of material which he se- cured from Kodiak Island excavations last Summer, after his discovery of a hitherto unsuspected population cen- ter which may be one of the oldest yet uncovered in the New World. Some of the art objects contain elements strikingly suggestive of those which were developed in Central America and Yucatan. Thus far, it has been pos-| sible barely to scratch the surface of | the Kodiak Island_ culture. ‘The probability, Dr. Hrdlicka said, is that the original migrants of Mongoloid stock from Siberia brought across Behring Strait to the coast of Alaska cultures highly developed in some lines. They pushed their way southward, across the narrow Alaska Peninsula, to Kodiak Island, and thence to the coast of what is now British Columbia. ‘Then they pressed southward into Mexico and Central America. During she later part of this process divergent tands may have gone eastward, be- coming the ancestors of the great body of North American Indians. Many Village Sites. During this great migration, which lasted for several thousand years, some of the culture elements brought origin- ally from Asia deteriorated as the In- dians adjusted themselves to the new | environments. When they arrived in an ‘ environment favorable for cultural de- velopment, however, they were able to revive and improve upon these old ele- ments, Kadiak Island apparently was s | thickly populated center in the distant | past. There are many buried vfllsge‘ sites. 'The largest he has encountered, Dr. Hrdlicka says, covers more than 40 acres. It appears to have been the metropolis of this Arctic culture. No excavations yet have been attempted on this site. There are no means, Dr. Hrdlicka said, of dating the remains without further excavations. It only can be stated positively that they show no traces of Russian influence, and hence the large villages must have been “dead” | before the first white men sighted the | coast of Alaska. The Smithsonian an- thropologist obtained his material from a burled village site containing about 2 acres. Over this site the remains of | subterranean dwellings and their ac- | cumulations of kitchen refuse range | from 4 to over 15 feet in depth. . Origin Believed Ancient. “According to all indications,” says | Dr. Hrdlicka, “this is one of the oldest | sites yet discovered in the Far North. | Not a trace of a white man, wood re- duced to streaks of formless brown rot, and the considerable filling in of the dwelling depressions, with subsequent W in these by later natives, all point to tik: conclusion that the site is pre- | historic, and that its occupation ex- | tended for a relatively long time back- ward. The deposits show several strata amé may be the result of repeated occu- pation. | “This culture presents considerable | age and individuality, yet it shows re-| lations on the one hand to that of the Eskimo and on the other to that of the Northwest Coast. The skeletal re- mains appear to resemble those of the Eastern Aleut, but also show other in- teresting characteristics. The remains show numerous and unmistakable signs of long-continued cannibalism.” The Kodiak Island culture, Dr. Hrdlicka said, Takoma Pupils to Give Bicentennial Play SCHOOL PRODUCTION WILL BE STAGED MARCH 29. RINCIPALS in a Bicentennial play to be presented at Takoma Park. D. C Seated to right: Ramona Sickles, Sarah L. Fountain and Robert Whitley. Ralph Lewis. migrants made their way to Continental North America south of Alaska, and for centuries the island may have consti- tuted a sort of stopping place. | Hrdlicka believes that the ancestors of | the Indians and the Eskimo crossed to | Alaska from Siberia in small groups and at irregular intervals. They knew enough navigation, he says, to make the Bering Straight passage in skln‘ boats, equipped with rude rudders and skin sails and blown-up seal bladders, to keep them from floundering. One of these could carry as many as 50 per- | sons at a time, with their dogs and| baggage. | Disprove Theorfes. | vember of a diamond ring worth $10,000 The discoveries yielded by study of |*0d 8 necklace valued at $3,500 belong- Dr. IN $13,500 GEM THEFT Stealing Jewels From Mrs. Mary Elkins. !Colored Couple Are Charged Withl the Kodiak Island material, Dr. Hrdlicka believes, largely disprove the theories that the main elements of Maya and Aztec civilization may have been introduced from across the Pacific. Instead, they appear to have been de- velopments of the cultures which some of the migrating bands brought from Siberia, just as present-day American | civilization represents an_extension of elements brought in by European im-| migrants. | REAR ADMIRAL LAWS HEADS NAVAL DISTRICT Mare ceeds Admiral Cole at San Francisco. Island Commandant Suc-| | | | By the Associated Press. | Designation of Rear Admiral George | Willlam Laws, commandant of Mare | Island Navy Yard, as commandant of the San Francisco naval district, was announced yesterday by the Navy. Laws will replace Rear Admiral Wil- liam Carey Cole who leaves his post June 1 for leave of absence before re- tiring September 1 at the statutory limit of 64 years. Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, senior member of the Pacific Coast Section of the Board of Inspection and Survey, will succeed Laws as com- unds budé‘i flourished along the road bywwhl the first mandant at Mare Island. ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS ing to Mrs. Mary R. Elkins, wife of former U. S. Senator Davis Elkins of West Virginia, Nathan Graves and his wife, Spora Graves, both colored, will be called for trial tomorrow before Justice James M. Proctor in Criminal | Division 1. ‘The jewels disappeared from the home of Mrs. Catherine Regan, 2614 Cathe- dral avenue, mother of Mrs. Elkins, where the accused man had been em- ployed to attend a furnace. The couple was arrested in January after the necklace had been found in a South Washington pawnshop, where it is said to have been sold by the woman defendant. The ring has never been found. Assistant U. S. Attorney John J. Sirica will conduct the prosecution. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the Bible is the way in which it has proved its power to suit itself to the mental and spiritual needs of every type of the human race. ANCHOR BAR PLATES, $15 Removable Bridgewrk in- serted without rinding your teeth. Plates Repalred while DR, LEHMAN Over Woslworth's IFRN”URE ;Two VJ_||_|:_FACETR]A|_ ;MiRS. [éA AGAIN CHO;EN Charged with the larceny last No- | 1 on March 29. Standing, left Allene Jones, Marcella Feldman and —Star Staff Photo. EPISCOPAL HOME HEAD Children’s Institution Direotors Plect Mrs. Birney Mrst Vice President. Mrs. David Meade Lea was re-elected unanimously as president of the Epis- copal Home for Children at a recent meeting of the board of directors. Other officers chosen included Mrs. Arthur A. Birney, first vice president; Mrs. W. C. Hanson, second vice pres dent: Mrs. Andrew B. Duvall, third vice P! Graham, record- ncis C. Wallace, Mrs. Charles T. Mary R. Kurtz, sistant Mrs. Irvin M. Vollett, M rd S. Robinson and Mrs. W. Elkins Reed, members of the House Committee. Mrs. Lea reported a growing need for a new u of the home. She said the present quarters at Nebraska avenue ‘Rock Creek Ford were intended to ommodate a maximum of 74 chil- dren, although 77 youngsters now are being cared for with a long waiting list. The home, affiliated with the Com- munity Chest, provides for children from 6 to 16 years old. 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The legend will be pre- senter in three dance pantomimes, with more than 500 school children taking | part. | The program is included among the events in the official program arranged by the District of Columbia Commis- || sion on the Bicentennial celebration. | A committee of community secretaries, headed by Mrs. L. W. Hardy, general secretary of divisions 1-9 of the public | schools, has charge of the festival. | ‘The production of “Rip Van Winkle" is under the direction of Miss Bess Davis Schreiner of the section of | drama and pageantry of the Com- | munity Center Department and Harold | Snyder of the department. Mrs. Edith H. Hunter is chairman of music and Mrs. A. L. Irving, chairman of costumes. The printing chairman is Mrs. M. W. Davis and Mrs. A. L. Driscoll is chairman of hospitality. The director of music is Mrs. Gertrude McRae Nash. The dance directors are Miss Sarah Bergling, Miss Margaret Becker, Miss Margaret Carmod; Davis, {SYRACUSE ALUMNI PLAN Will Give Luncheon at Oosmos Judy Lyeth, Miss Beatrice Mullen, Miss | Tvy Randail, Miss Marjorle Schuster, Dona Tt, s. J. P. m: ng-e Mr. Tolford | Americanization School BAND TO GIVE CONCERT |17 Sazimit"os, 2o =%, 3% = A varied program of the music of German, Italian and masters will compose Assocla- tion Plans Program Wednesday. The Americanisstion School Asso- | clation Band, assisted by a chorus, will TO HONOR CHANCELLQR ®iv® » concert at Barker Hall Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, Wed- Club Tuesday for Charles W. Flint, Charles W. Flint, chancellor of Syra- || cuse University, will be the guest o | honor st & luncheon meeting of Syra- | cuse University alumni at 12:30 pm. | 'm:gny in the Cosmos Club, 1520 ¥ stre Chancellor Flint i completin tenth year as head of the unlve‘rn:}'.l::s ang is here attending the ‘religious tolerance" conrer{mce. | Arrangements for the luncheon being made by W. A. Erskine, W&S dent of the local alumni, and reserva- tions for the luncheon may be made with him at 114 Twelfth street south- east. Mr. Erskine is assisted [y - mittee composed of carlatfi Vem- heimer, vice president: H. W. Austin, secretary-treasurer; Dr. H. E. Wool- || ever, W. N. Watkiris and Ernest Bryan. ? 3 Copyright. 1932 T p. 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