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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Anderson, Douglas D.
Title:
Onion Portage: an archaeological site on the Kobuk River, northwestern Alaska
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Anthropological papers of the University of Alaska. -- vol. 22, no. 1-2
Published By: Original publisher
Anthropological papers of the University of Alaska. -- vol. 22, no. 1-2
Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. 1988. xi, 163 p. ill., maps
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Douglas D. Anderson
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2009. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Paleo-Arctic (ND60)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Geography (130);
Cultural stratigraphy (912);
Archaeological excavation methods (1210);
Lithic industries (324);
Weapons (411);
General tools (412);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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, dates, and lithic artifacts from the last 10,000 years. This allowed Alaskan archaeologists to first date many cultural traditions. Anderson describes the excavations, stratigraphy, past environment, and findings (mostly lithic artifacts, but also some bone) from the Paleo-Arctic tradition (Akmak and Kobuk) through the Itkillik Complex of 1000 years ago. Only the data that pertain to the Paleo-Arctic tradition were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
5
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
nd60-005
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-163)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1961 and 1963-1970 at the site of Onion Portage; 1970-1973 in the area surrounding Onion Portage
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Archaeologist-4, 5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Sarah Berry; 2007
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
10,000 BP-8,000 BP
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Onion Portage, Alaska, United States
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Paleo-Indians
