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Security Cove and the Northern Archaic tradition revisited
Arctic anthropology • 45 (2) • Published In 2008 • Pages: 146-168
By: Ackerman, Robert E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author details findings from the Security Cove site. A large area of the surface was collected (138 contiguous 2x2 meter units) and a small test pit excavated. Located near the coast, the site was likely a seasonal base camp utilized repeatedly for hunting during summer to early fall.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Fishing gear
- Lithic industries
- Paint and dye manufacture
- Weapons
- General tools
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Functional specialization areas
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Northern Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2024
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2022
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962, 1966, 1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6000-5000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Security Cove, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert E. Ackerman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-168)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 78000711
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities