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The archaeology of the Manokinak siteBook 1997 • Shaw, Robert Dane
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Robert Shaw conducted excavations and analyzed the collections from the Manokinak site (MAR-007) located on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of Alaska for his dissertation. The site is an abandoned village midden with house pits which date from 1,200 years ...The expansion and survival of the Norton tradition on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Deltaarticle 1982 • Shaw, Robert Dane
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This study examines the evidence of the Norton culture in the delta region of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. Clark believes that the Norton culture is the first to appear in the region and represents a local adaptation to the netting of flightless b...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...