Ivar Skarland (September 2, 1899 – January 1, 1965) was a Norwegian anthropologist. 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. He was a student of Earnest Hooton. He worked with Otto W. Geist. Works The Geography and Archaeology of Alaska in Pleistocene and Early Post-glacial Time (1949) References External links The geography and archaeology of Alaska in Pleistocene and early post-glacial time Manuscript at Dartmouth College Library 1889 births 1965 deaths Harvard University alumni Norwegian anthropologists University of Alaska Fairbanks alumni University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty 20th-century anthropologists People from Høylandet