CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SPOON LAKE 3 (YAK-076) AND KNIGHT ISLAND NORTH POINT (YAK-205), YAKUTAT COUNTY, ALASKA

Sites YAK-076 (Spoon Lake 3) and YAK-205 (Knight Island North Point) lie in Yakutat Bay, southeastern Alaska. Both sites consist of house pits with hearths and associated storage caches. Recovered artifacts indicate fishing, hunting, meat and hide processing. The Spoon Lake 3 site probably was occup...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kováčik, Peter (PaleoResearch Institute)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
Subjects:
Data Recovery / Excavation
Spoon Lake 3
YAK-076
Knight Island North Point
YAK-205
Dating Sample
Macrobotanical
Charcoal
Charcoal Identification
AMS Radiocarbon Dating
AMS Radiocarbon Analysis
16-117
Knight Island
North Point
Spoon Lake
Crowell
glacier
Yakutat
Alaska
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8348NGN_meta$v=1488326042731
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Summary:Sites YAK-076 (Spoon Lake 3) and YAK-205 (Knight Island North Point) lie in Yakutat Bay, southeastern Alaska. Both sites consist of house pits with hearths and associated storage caches. Recovered artifacts indicate fishing, hunting, meat and hide processing. The Spoon Lake 3 site probably was occupied as soon as AD 1275, while the settlement at the Knight Island North Point site followed shortly after glacier retreat (AD 1500) from the island (Aron Crowell, personal communication November 21, 2016). Seven charcoal samples collected from features at YAK-076 and a single feature at YAK-205 were submitted for identification. Five charcoal samples were selected for AMS radiocarbon age determination.

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