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

• 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

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...