Geophysical analysis at the Old Whaling site, Cape Krusenstern, Alaska, reveals the possible impact of permafrost loss on archaeological interpretation

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Christopher B. Wolff, Thomas M. Urban
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
• Subjects: Cape Krusenstern; Old Whaling culture; geophysics; cryoturbation; archaeology; Alaska; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Giddings; permafrost; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19888; https://doaj.org/article/af1efb0dd4224f2ea0e47df1cd161a08

The Old Whaling site at Cape Krusenstern, Alaska, has been the subject of contested interpretations stemming from an original theory proposed by J. Louis Giddings more than half a century ago. In an attempt to address recent suggestions that the occupational history is more complex than originally b...