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Archaeology of interior Alaska
western Canadian journal of anthropology • 5 (3-4) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 125-133
By: Cook, John P..
Abstract
Cook presents a brief overview of pre-contact period archaeolgical sites in Alaska that may relate to ethnographic Athapaskans and Proto-Athapaskans. He discusses some of the diagnostic traits which come from Proto-Athapaskan sites dating to the Christian Era such as small stemmed projectile points, TCHI-THOS, a lack of finely worked stone tools, and semi-subterranean houses. Cook speculates that Athapaskan culture originated in the Tanana Valley in Alaska. He also gives a brief overview of the Denali and Tuktu/Palisades complexes and a review of sites dating to the late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Notes
- John P. Cook
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 133)
- LCCN
- 81039011
- LCSH
- Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities