The Integration of Digital Terrain Visualization in Ethnography: The Historic Village of Belkofski, Alaska.

New advances in spatial technology enable ethnographic data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to be integrated in innovative ways. These include mapping and virtual reconstruction of buildings no longer standing, of routes used for transportation and hunting, and other spatial ethnographic data, visualized in three dimensions (3D). Representation in 3D allows for a more complete understanding of landscape relationships, and can be used as a learning tool to convey information quickly. This article applies these techniques to the reconstruction of the now-abandoned village of Belkofski, Alaska, for presentation in a video ethnography produced by the Aleutian Pribilof Island Association in coordination with the Belkofski Tribe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]