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An archaeological survey of Noatak drainage, Alaskaarticle 1972 • Anderson, Douglas D.
Late Tundra • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Anderson surveyed and excavated sites along the Noatak River drainage. The sites date from about 10,000 B.P. to the present. Anderson notes that most of the sites found, '…were mainly chipping stations on chert outcrops or near rivers with chert depo...Chronology of the Kotzebue Sound sitesessay 1986 • Anderson, Douglas D.
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This work offers a chronology of the archaeological sites in the Kotzebue Sound of Northwest Alaska, based on the published and unpublished findings of archaeologists working in the area. Various dating methods were employed, including radiocarbon, t...Microblade traditions in northwestern Alaskaarticle 1970 • Anderson, Douglas D.
Paleo-Arctic • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Anderson describes and compares microblade assemblages throughout Alaska from 10,000 years ago to 3600 years ago. He describes three types of sites. The information on the Arctic Small Tool tradition was not indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Mater...Akmakbook chapter 1970 • Anderson, Douglas D.
Paleo-Arctic • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Anderson presents the site report for the Akmak assemblage at the Onion Portage site in northwest Alaska. The excavations are described along with a summary of the complex stratigraphy. A more detailed report on the stratigraphy, post depostitional p...Prehistory of north Alaskaessay 1984 • Anderson, Douglas D.
Paleo-Arctic • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Anderson summarizes Alaska prehistory/archaeology from 20,000 BP to 1920 AD, describing the sites and archaeological material from each period. Only the data that pertain to the Paleo-Arctic tradition from 11,000 BP to 6,000 BP were indexed for OCM (...Onion Portagearticle 1988 • Anderson, Douglas D.
Paleo-Arctic • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Anderson writes about the his and J. L. Giddings research and excavations at the deeply stratified site of Onion Portage in Alaska. Although the preservation of bone and other preishable materials was not good at the site, it has good stratigraphy, d...Prehistory of north Alaskaessay 1984 • Anderson, Douglas D.
Northern Archaic • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This document provides an overview of all northern Alaskan traditions and cultures from Paleo-Arctic to modern, including a brief section on the Northern Archaic with its side-notched points....Onion Portagearticle 1988 • Anderson, Douglas D.
Northern Archaic • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
The author describes excavations, stratigraphy, past environment, and archaeological findings—mainly lithic artifacts—for the multicomponent site of Onion Portage, ranging from the Paleo-Arctic tradition (Akmak and Kobuk complexes) through the Itkill...Northern Archaic tradition forty years laterarticle 2008 • Anderson, Douglas D.
Northern Archaic • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
In this review of the usefulness and distinctiveness of the Northern Archaic as a concept, the author compares sites defined as Northern Archaic (Palisades and Onion Portage) and as Arctic Small Tool (Denbigh Flint Complex), and revisits artifact dis...The sitesessay 1986 • Giddings, J. Louis (James Louis) & Anderson, Douglas D.
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
In this chapter of Beach Ridge Archeology of Cape Krusenstern, Giddings and Anderson give a brief description of the sites they found around Kotzebue Sound, Alaska during fieldwork between 1956 and 1962. This includes sites along the beach ridges at ...Old Whalersessay 1986 • Giddings, J. Louis (James Louis) & Anderson, Douglas D.
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
The authors had originally expected to find oval houses of Choris culture on Beach 53. Instead, the artifacts and the shape of the houses quickly led them to realize they were dealing with a new culture. The whaling implements and the whale bones fou...Later Arctic timesessay 1986 • Giddings, J. Louis (James Louis) & Anderson, Douglas D.
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
The authors describe the results of their field work around Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. They give detailed descriptions of the houses, campsites, graves, and artifacts they excavated that date to the Choris, Norton-Near Ipiutak, and Ipiutak time periods....