The Holocene Paleoecology of Jenny Lake Area, Southwest Yukon, and Its Implications for Prehistory

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stuart, Glenn S.L., Helmer, James W., Hills, L.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
• Subjects: Archaeology; Bottom sediments; Coring; Palaeobotany; Palaeoecology; Palynology; Recent epoch; Jenny Lake region; Yukon; Aishihik; Jenny; Jenny Lake; Arctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64730

The pollen stratigraphy of a core extracted from Jenny Lake, southwest Yukon, in 1984 has marked archaeological significance. Five palynological zones are identified as follows: Zone JL1, the oldest (ca. 12,500-9,500 B.P.), is a Betula shrub tundra assemblage; Zone JL2 (ca. 9,500-8,500 B.P.) an Alnu...