essay
Mid-holocene occupation of interior southwest Alaska
man and the mid-holocene climatic optimum • Calgary, Alberta, Canada • Published In 1987 • Pages: 181-192
By: Ackerman, Robert E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Ackerman discusses the climatic and vegetational changes in southwest Alaska just before and after the start of the Holocene period. He also describes the material culture (lithic tools) of the mid-Holocene in southwest Alaska, with an emphasis on the Kagati Lake site and the Kagati Lake culture, and the possible origins of this culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Climate
- Historical reconstruction
- Lithic industries
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Tundra
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 8000 BP - 6500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwest Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert E. Ackerman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88130051
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indian--Alaska