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Later Apathaskan prehistory: a migration hypothesis
western Canadian journal of anthropology • 5 (3-4) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 134-145
By: Derry, David E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Derry presents the hypothesis that a volcanic eruption around A.D. 300 in southwestern Yukon Territories forced the migration of some Kutchin speaking or proto-Kutchin speaking Athapaskans. To escape the devastation they traveled north to northwest along the river systems, settling in the sparsely populated Old Crow Flats/ Porcupine River area and parts of the Brooks Range. Archaeological sites in the southwest Yukon to Brooks Range area, which date to before the volcanic eruption, are discussed to show the discontinuity between these sites and the sites which post date the eruption. Linguistic and archaeological evidence, especially Kavik type points, seem to support Derry's hypothesis.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Location
- External migration
- Cultural participation
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Weapons
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Proto-Athapaskans
- 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
- David E. Derry
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-147)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81039011
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities