essay
Ground Hog Bay, site 2
american beginnings : the prehistory and palaeoecology of beringia • Chicago • Published In 1996 • Pages: 424-430
By: Ackerman, Robert E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Ackerman describes the site of Ground Hog Bay, site 2 and its research history. He also describes the stone tool assemblage found there (wedge-shaped, frontally fluted miroblade cores are considered the most diagnostic artifact type). Also discussed are the similarities between the lithic technology of this site and others throughout Alaska.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Topography and geology
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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 ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965, 1971-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 8880±125 BP - 4155±95 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ground Hog Bay, site 2, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert E. Ackerman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-430)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 96011719
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indian--Alaska