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The lithic remains from Anangula, an 8,500 year old Aleut coastal village

Archaeologica Venatoria : Institut für Urgeschichte der Universität TübingenTübingen • Published In 1978 • Pages: ix, 223

By: Aigner, Jean S..

Abstract
Aigner analyzed the Anangula lithic material excavated in 1963 by the University of Wisconsin, Department of Anthropology. Anangula was a year-round base village of sea mammal hunters and fishers. This study is an in-depth, etiological analysis of the lithic remains. Most of the lithic remains were cores and blades. One surprising finding concerns left-handedness. 'There is ethnographic information that Aleuts accommodated left-handed individuals by producing tools … specificially for the left-handed. They … did not make an effort to change people over to right-handedness … The high proportion of apparent left-handedness reflected in the spalls and blanks at Anangula is of considerable interest in this respect.' (page 123).
Subjects
Organization and analysis of results of research
Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
Ontogenetic data
Lithic industries
General tools
Cultural stratigraphy
Typologies and classifications
tradition
Late Tundra
HRAF PubDate
2002
Region
North America
Sub Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry ; 2000
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
8750 BP - 8250 BP
Coverage Place
Anangula; Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
Notes
Jean S. Aigner
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-223)
LCCN
88100202
LCSH
Paleo-Indian--Alaska