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The prehisory of Alaska: a speculative alternative

problems in the prehistory of the north american subarctic : the athapaskan question • Calgary • Published In 1977 • Pages: 1-10

By: Bacon, Glen H..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Bacon outlines a framework for interior Alaskan prehistory. He examines both Eskimo and Athapaskan origins and possible archaeological traditions. Healy Lake Village and Garden site archaeological sequences are discussed. Bacon proposes the Tuktu complex is ancestral to ethnographic Athapaskans. He looks at the changing envionment as a factor in technological change. Bacon sees 'Athapaskan' as a subsistence strategy which was adopted in response to changing habitats.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Identification

Reviews and critiques

Flora

Historical reconstruction

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Proto-Athapaskans

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

NotesAdditional notes

Glen H. Bacon

For bibliographical references see 39: References cited

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

80494866

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities