Resurrecting beach ridge archaeology: Parallel depositional records from St. Lawrence Island and Cape Krusenstern, Western Alaska
Abstract Archaeological sites on gravel beach ridge plains offer a treacherously facile method of reconstructing cultural chronology based on the assumption that settlements were preferentially situated nearest the sea. the initial phase of beach ridge methodology in Alaska dates from its 1930s use...
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crwiley:10.1002/gea.3340050404 2024-06-02T08:05:07+00:00 Resurrecting beach ridge archaeology: Parallel depositional records from St. Lawrence Island and Cape Krusenstern, Western Alaska Mason, Owen K. Ludwig, Stefanie L. 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.3340050404 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fgea.3340050404 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/gea.3340050404 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Geoarchaeology volume 5, issue 4, page 349-373 ISSN 0883-6353 1520-6548 journal-article 1990 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.3340050404 2024-05-03T11:11:45Z Abstract Archaeological sites on gravel beach ridge plains offer a treacherously facile method of reconstructing cultural chronology based on the assumption that settlements were preferentially situated nearest the sea. the initial phase of beach ridge methodology in Alaska dates from its 1930s use by Henry Collins at St. Lawrence Island and its 1950s use by Louis Giddings in Kotzebue Sound. Numerous questions of cultural and depositional chronology remain unresolved. At Gambell, on St. Lawrence Island, three sets of ridges span the period since about 2000 B.P., with a prominent disconformity after Punuk culture times at ca. 1100 B.P. Reviewing the 14 C dates (n = 83) we find that the Gambell sequence (n = 50) broadly parallels that of Kotzebue Sound, especially in the similar erosional disconformity at 1200‐1000 B.P., related to increased storminess in the North Pacific. the Cape Krusenstern sequence is only loosely constrained by 14 C dates (n = 33) disproportionately concentrated on 7 of the 114 ridge fragments. the dating of early Choris culture is especially problematic, which seems to occur both before and after the Old Whaling culture, well‐dated at 2900‐2800 B.P. on the 53rd ridge. However, reanalyzing the depositional sequence, we find that some of the more easterly Choris ridges probably represent erosional events after the Old Whaling occupation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Cape Krusenstern Punuk culture St Lawrence Island Alaska Wiley Online Library Cape Krusenstern ENVELOPE(-113.903,-113.903,68.401,68.401) Giddings ENVELOPE(50.733,50.733,-67.400,-67.400) Lawrence Island ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) Pacific Geoarchaeology 5 4 349 373 |
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Abstract Archaeological sites on gravel beach ridge plains offer a treacherously facile method of reconstructing cultural chronology based on the assumption that settlements were preferentially situated nearest the sea. the initial phase of beach ridge methodology in Alaska dates from its 1930s use by Henry Collins at St. Lawrence Island and its 1950s use by Louis Giddings in Kotzebue Sound. Numerous questions of cultural and depositional chronology remain unresolved. At Gambell, on St. Lawrence Island, three sets of ridges span the period since about 2000 B.P., with a prominent disconformity after Punuk culture times at ca. 1100 B.P. Reviewing the 14 C dates (n = 83) we find that the Gambell sequence (n = 50) broadly parallels that of Kotzebue Sound, especially in the similar erosional disconformity at 1200‐1000 B.P., related to increased storminess in the North Pacific. the Cape Krusenstern sequence is only loosely constrained by 14 C dates (n = 33) disproportionately concentrated on 7 of the 114 ridge fragments. the dating of early Choris culture is especially problematic, which seems to occur both before and after the Old Whaling culture, well‐dated at 2900‐2800 B.P. on the 53rd ridge. However, reanalyzing the depositional sequence, we find that some of the more easterly Choris ridges probably represent erosional events after the Old Whaling occupation. |
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Mason, Owen K. Ludwig, Stefanie L. Resurrecting beach ridge archaeology: Parallel depositional records from St. Lawrence Island and Cape Krusenstern, Western Alaska |
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Resurrecting beach ridge archaeology: Parallel depositional records from St. Lawrence Island and Cape Krusenstern, Western Alaska |
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Resurrecting beach ridge archaeology: Parallel depositional records from St. Lawrence Island and Cape Krusenstern, Western Alaska |
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Resurrecting beach ridge archaeology: Parallel depositional records from St. Lawrence Island and Cape Krusenstern, Western Alaska |
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Resurrecting beach ridge archaeology: Parallel depositional records from St. Lawrence Island and Cape Krusenstern, Western Alaska |
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Resurrecting beach ridge archaeology: Parallel depositional records from St. Lawrence Island and Cape Krusenstern, Western Alaska |
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resurrecting beach ridge archaeology: parallel depositional records from st. lawrence island and cape krusenstern, western alaska |
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