The volume compiles field observations and archaeological descriptions from across Alaska, reporting village sites, burial grounds, artifact assemblages, and fossil ivory objects alongside photographs and maps. It surveys coastal and interior regions—Yukon, Tanana, Seward Peninsula, St. Lawrence and Diomede Islands—detailing prehistoric sites, stone and ivory tools, pottery, and grooved axes. Ethnographic notes and population data accompany extensive physical-anthropology measurements of living peoples and skeletal remains. Regional histories, site locations, typologies, and comparative notes on cultural development provide a practical reference for archaeological and anthropological study.