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Norton influence in the Alaskan hinterlandarticle 1982 • Holmes, Charles E.
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Holmes examines two interior sites at Lake Minchuminia and compares their artifact assemblages with those at Point Hope (which the author considers to be Ipiutak culture) and Iyatayet (Norton culture). He concludes there was long standing interaction...A northern Athapaskan environment system in diachronic perspectivearticle 1975 • Holmes, Charles E.
Proto-Athapaskans • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Holmes uses a systems theory approach to resconstruct the prehistoric survival strategies of the Athapaskans in the Tanana River drainage in the Alaskan interior. He does this by examining the modern day ecosystem and reviewing the ethnographic data ...3000 years of prehistory at Minchuminaessay 1977 • Holmes, Charles E.
Proto-Athapaskans • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Holmes compares the archaeological collection from Lake Minchumina with other site collections throughout Alaska. Holmes believes Athapaskan prehistory may go back 2500 years although there is not enough data to provide a reason for the change in mat...The Norton interaction spherearticle 1982 • Shaw, Robert Dane & Holmes, Charles E.
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Shaw and Holmes discuss the confusion and ambiguity surrounding the definition Norton. Part of this confusion is due to the history of the term which evolved over several years. The authors point out that the researchers use the same term to mean a c...