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Population pressure and climate as dynamics within the Arctic Small Tool tradition of Alaska

Arctic anthropology • 19 (2) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 143-149

By: Lutz, Bruce J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

In this paper, Lutz relates the shift to net fishing along rivers, a characteristic feature of the Norton tradition, to the climatic shift from a cooler sub-Boreal to a warmer sub-Atlantic phase. This climatic shift favored the exploitation of salmon along major rivers where the human population became concentrated in year-round settlements.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Climate

Annual cycle

Settlement patterns

Production and supply

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

NotesAdditional notes

Bruce J. Lutz

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-149)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

sf78000711

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Eskimos--Antiquities