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Points, people and prehistory: a preliminary synthesis of culture history in north central British Columbia
problems in the prehistory of the north american subarctic : the athapaskan question • Calgary • Published In 1977 • Pages: 90-96
By: Helmer, J. W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Helmer criticizes other archaeological work in the north-central interior of British Columbia. He points out that archaeologists have ignored data that would indicate microblade technology continues until relatively recently. Instead, archaeologists have cross-dated sites within different environmental zones and across large distances using artifact types with unspecified similarities as evidence to support the antiquity of cultural development at their respective sites. Helmer looks at point syles and finds the spread of the Athapaskan-speaking Carrier and Chilcotin into the Interior Plateau is probably a relatively recent phenomenon. He believes their cultural affinities are to the north, not the south. He finds the origins of the southern microblade complex to be presently unexplainable.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Location
- Prehistory
- Cultural participation
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- 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
- James W. Helmer
- For bibliographical references see 39: References cited
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80494866
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities