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The crucible of Early to Mid-Holocene climate in northern Alaska: does Northern Archaic represent the people of the spreading forest?
Arctic anthropology • 45 (2) • Published In 2008 • Pages: 39-70
By: Mason, Owen K., Bigelow, Nancy H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors check geological data (e.g. flooding, loess fall, soil formation, lake levels, glacial expansions) for evidence of the Holocene paleo-climate and paleo-environment, and examine in detail the stratigraphy at Onion Portage and Tingmiukpuk, testing the hypothesis that the Northern Archaic tradition developed in response to a post-Pleistocene expansion of forests. Their research reveals just how dynamic the geological landscape and climate were, suggesting that taphonomic processes may have destroyed many earlier archaeological sites and obscured others, leading to a lack of early Holocene sites.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Climate
- Topography and geology
- Soil
- Flora
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Northern Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2024
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geoarchaeologist
- Geologist
- 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; 2022
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1999 and 2006
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 11000-3000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Owen K. Mason and Nancy H. Bigelow
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-70)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 78000711
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities