article
Two Northern Archaic tent ring settlements at Agiak Lake, Central Brooks Range, Alaska
Alaska journal of anthropology • 5 (1) • Published In 2007 • Pages: 43-59
By: Wilson, Aaron K., Slobodina, Natalia S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors surveyed and mapped features around Agiak Lake—including tent rings to the north and south, and two caribou driveline complexes over a kilometer long to the east—and excavated nine tent rings. The findings are described. Calibrated radiocarbon dates from hearth material are used for time coverage in eHRAF.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological survey methods
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Hunting and trapping
- Land use
- Lithic industries
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- 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
- 2005
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5690-4940 cal. BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Agiak Lake, North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Aaron K. Wilson ; Natalia S. Slobodina
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-59)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2003215203
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities