Preliminary archaeoentomological analyses of permafrost-preserved cultural layers from the pre-contact Yup’ik Eskimo site of Nunalleq, Alaska : implications, potential and methodological considerations

• Published in: Environmental Archaeology
• Main Authors: Forbes, Veronique, Britton, Kate, Knecht, Rick
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Archaeology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Archaeoentmology; Pre-contact Alaska; Ectoparasites; Methods; CC Archaeology; CC; Bering Sea; eskimo*; Kuskokwim; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/5207; https://doi.org/10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000037

Acknowledgements Site excavation and samples collection were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen, with the help of archaeologists and student excavators from the University of Aberdeen University of Alaska Fairbanks and Bryn Mawr College, Kuskokwim Campus, College of Rural Alaska and residents of Quinhagak and Mekoryuk. This study is funded through AHRC grant to the project ‘Understanding Cultural Resilience and Climate Change on the Bering Sea through Yup’ik Ecological Knowledge, Lifeways, Learning and Archaeology’ to Rick Knecht, Kate Britton and Charlotta Hillderal (University of Aberdeen; AH/K006029/1). Thanks are due to Qanirtuuq Inc. and Quinhagak, Alaska for sampling permissions and to entomologists working at the CNC in Ottawa for allowing access to reference collections of beetles, lice and fleas. Yves Bousquet, Ales Smetana and Anthony E. Davies are specially acknowledged for their help with the identification of coleopteran specimens. Finally, we would also like to thank Scott Elias for useful comments on the original manuscript. Peer reviewed