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Norton influence in the Alaskan hinterland

Arctic anthropology • 19 (2) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 133-142

By: Holmes, Charles E..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Holmes examines two interior sites at Lake Minchuminia and compares their artifact assemblages with those at Point Hope (which the author considers to be Ipiutak culture) and Iyatayet (Norton culture). He concludes there was long standing interaction between inland boreal groups and coastal Norton groups.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Comparative evidence
Acculturation and culture contact
Lithic industries
Weapons
General tools
Chronologies and culture sequences
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Norton
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
article
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
NotesAdditional notes
Charles E. Holmes
Includes bibliographical references (p.141-142)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
sf78000711
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Eskimos--Antiquities