essay

The 'archaeological visibility' of Northern Athapaskans in the Tanana River area, central Alaska: a discussion

problems in the prehistory of the north american subarctic : the athapaskan question • Calgary • Published In 1977 • Pages: 40-45

By: Shinkwin, Anne D..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Shinkwin looks at the available archaeological data to determine how 'visible' Northern Athapaskans are archaeologically. She believes Athapaskan culture is archaeologically represented only to A.D. 1000. The earlier archaeological collections are too dissimilar from the later ones to be linked. She discusses the types of data that are needed to get a clearer picture of Athapaskan prehistory.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Location
Prehistory
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
Ann D. Shinkwin
For bibliographical references see 39: References cited
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
80494866
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities