Recent Archeological Work in Kachemak Bay, Gulf of Alaska

Excavations since 1974 have built upon de Laguna's pioneering classification of Pacific Eskimo prehistory. The Chugachik site (SEL 033) yielded abundant artifactual and paleoenvironmental information dated mainly between c. 350 B.C. and 250 A.D. While artifacts were scarce at Cottonwood Creek (...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Workman, William B., Lobdell, John E., Workman, Karen Wood
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
Subjects:
Archaeology
Inuit archaeology
Palaeoecology
Kachemak Bay region
Alaska
Gulf of Alaska
Pacific
Yukon
Arctic
eskimo*
inuit
Kachemak
Tanaina
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65625
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Summary:Excavations since 1974 have built upon de Laguna's pioneering classification of Pacific Eskimo prehistory. The Chugachik site (SEL 033) yielded abundant artifactual and paleoenvironmental information dated mainly between c. 350 B.C. and 250 A.D. While artifacts were scarce at Cottonwood Creek (SEL 030), dated at about 200 A.D., data on human biology, paleopathology, social stratification and mortuary ceremonialism were recovered. The Yukon Island Fox Farm Bluff site (SEL 041) dates to c. 500-900 A.D. and yielded a new culture showing connections with the Alaska Peninsula. Future research should focus on the earlier prehistory of the bay, the classic problem of the Pacific Eskimo-Tanaina Athapaskan transition, and the paleoenvironmental record.

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