essay

Whitmore Ridge

american beginnings : the prehistory and palaeoecology of beringiaChicagoPublished In 1996 • Pages: 386-394

By: West, Frederick Hadleigh, Robinson, Brian S., West, Constance F..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors describe the site and the artifact assemblage. 'Component 2 is found only at Locus 2, in the A2b soil horizon, and is taken to represent a distinctive early Holocene core and blade complex that derives, in some manner, from the Sumnagin of northeast Siberia…. The radiocarbon dates derived from the A2b horizon … should not be taken to pertain to the occupation of this level. They are too recent.' (page 393).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Cultural participation
Lithic industries
General tools
Cultural stratigraphy
Archaeological inventories
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Late Tundra
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2002
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating 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.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 2001
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
8000 BP - 7000 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Component 2; Whitmore Ridge (Mt Hayes 72), Alaska, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Frederick H. West, Brian S. Robinson, and Constance F. west
Includes bibliographical references (p. 394)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
96011719
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paleo-Indian--Alaska