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A current synthesis of the Northern Archaic
Arctic anthropology • 45 (2) • Published In 2008 • Pages: 3-38
By: Esdale, Julie A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This review of the knowledge and definition of the Northern Archaic tradition examines sites with notched-points in published and grey literature, and the Alaska Heritage Resources Survey. Over 200 sites are catalogued by age, location, environment, and material culture. Although dates range from 10780 to 1220 BP, critical assessment of the radiocarbon evidence indicates the tradition mainly dates from 6000-3000 BP.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Reviews and critiques
- Location
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 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
- No Date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6000-3000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Alaska, United States; Yukon, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Julie A. Esdale
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-22)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 78000711
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities