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Ahtna archaeology: a preliminary statement
problems in the prehistory of the north american subarctic : the athapaskan question • Calgary • Published In 1977 • Pages: 22-39
By: Workman, William B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Workman reviews the archaeological evidence from historic Ahtna Athapaskan territory in south central Alaska. He reviews the history of early contact between the Ahtna and European-Americans and archaeological research in the area. He examines the archaeological record by dividing the sites into four periods: Historic (1850 - present), Proto-historic (circa 1770 - 1850), Late Prehistoric (circa A.D. 1000 - 1770), and Early Prehistoric (? - A.D. 1000). Three sites are more intensively discussed: Dakah de'nin's village, GUL 077 and MS 23-0. Workman notes that the prehistory of the area has been Ahtna prehistory (A.D. 1000 to the present). Like Shinkwin, Workman believes that the material culture of the Copper River area fits into a continuum of culture of late Athapaskan phase although he is more optimistic that a specific Ahtna strain may eventually be defined.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Fauna
- Prehistory
- Lithic industries
- Metallurgy
- General tools
- 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
- 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
- NotesAdditional notes
- William B. Workman
- For bibliographical references see 39: References cited
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80494866
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities