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The Dixthada site: results of 1971 excavations
western Canadian journal of anthropology • 5 (3-4) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 148-158
By: Shinkwin, Anne D..
Abstract
Shinkwin briefly describes the findings of the 1971 excavations at Dixthada, a site on Fish Creek near Mansfield Village in the Tanana River Valley in Alaska. Rainey, who excavated mostly in the middens, first excavated the site in 1936 and 1937. Cook and McKennan revisited the site in 1971 to determine if an earlier microblade component could be isolated from the later Athapaskan material. The microblades were mostly found in a strata of yellow silt which contained mostly lithics and no copper. Shinkwin analyzed the 1971 assemblage with Rainey's and divided the artifacts into two levels, the Upper, with a date of 470 ± 60 B.C., and the Lower, with dates of A.D. 1560 ± 50 and A.D. 1180 ± 40. Their collections are described. Dixthada is compared to a few other sites. Shinkwin concludes the Upper Level (A.D. 1000 - 1800) is Northern Athapaskan.
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Notes
- Anne D. Shinkwin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-158)
- LCCN
- 81039011
- LCSH
- Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities