Looking Beyond Dena’ina House Pits and Cache Pits: There is something else out there

Frequently, surface depressions at Dena'ina ancestral sites are interpreted as houses or cache pits. A review of ethnographic and historical literature suggests that surface depressions at Dena'ina ancestral sites are a result of several activities beyond habitation and caching. Pitfall tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rogers, Monty (Cultural Alaska), Stone, Daniel
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
Subjects:
Dena'ina
Archaeological Overview
Ethnohistoric Research
Archaeological Feature
House Pit
Cache Pit
Water Well
Cooking Pit
Sweat Bath
Smoke House
Menstrual Hut
Cremation Pit
Grave
Pitfall
Temporary Shelter
Steam Bath
Beluga
Beluga*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8Z320GV_meta$v=1363577366637
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Summary:Frequently, surface depressions at Dena'ina ancestral sites are interpreted as houses or cache pits. A review of ethnographic and historical literature suggests that surface depressions at Dena'ina ancestral sites are a result of several activities beyond habitation and caching. Pitfall traps, temporary shelters, cooking pits, menstrual huts, water wells, graves, and trees uprooted for beluga hunting are some features that can result in surface depressions. Possible feature locations, attributes, and identification methods are addressed in the presentation.

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