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Archaeological survey of Great Bear Lake, 1976

problems in the prehistory of the north american subarctic : the athapaskan questionCalgaryPublished In 1977 • Pages: 55-64

By: Clark, Donald Woodforde.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Clark describes his archaeological surveys around Great Bear Lake in 1972 and 1976. Fifty-five sites were found and the findings are summarized. Clark believes Athapaskan prehistory, the Taltheilei tradition, probably extends back to 800 to 500 B.C., which is considered to be around the end of the Arctic Small Tool tradition. Clark explores some of reasons why so few sites were found, which he mostly attributes to poor preservation.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Archaeological survey methods
Location
Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
Land use
Settlement patterns
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
NotesAdditional notes
Donald W. Clark
For bibliographical references see 39: References cited
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
80494866
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities