Archaeofaunal representation of late Western Thule regionalization: Insights from the Snake River Sandspit site in Nome, Alaska

• Main Author: Eldridge, Kelly Anne
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alaska Anchorage 2012
• Subjects: Archaeology|Native American studies; Sandspit; Nome; Seward Peninsula; Alaska
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1521294

This thesis explores the connection between Western Thule regionalization and historic Iñupiat socioterritories on the Seward Peninsula by comparing archaeofaunal assemblages to territory-specific subsistence patterns. A faunal analysis of the Snake River Sandspit site (NOM-146) in Nome, Alaska, and...