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The Neolithic-Bronze Age cultures of Asia and the Norton phase of Alaskan prehistory
Arctic anthropology • 19 (2) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 11-38
By: Ackerman, Robert E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Ackerman summarizes the Norton phase archaeological assemblage that Giddings found at Iyatayet and discusses the distribution of Norton phase sites in Alaska. He then compares Norton and Choris phase house forms and ceramic traits with those in Asia to determine their possible origins.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Dwellings
- Weapons
- General tools
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert E. Ackerman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-38)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf78000711
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Eskimos--Antiquities