Constructing Rock Cairns: Modifying and Signifying the Alpine Landscape of Southeast Alaska
The existence and variability of human-made rock cairns in subalpine and alpine settings of Southeast Alaska is increasingly well documented. Whete these features were constructed prehistorically and prorohistorically is a fundamental component to assessing the socioecological role of these modifica...
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ftunivnebraskali:oai:digitalcommons.unl.edu:anthropologyfacpub-1167 2023-11-12T04:27:26+01:00 Constructing Rock Cairns: Modifying and Signifying the Alpine Landscape of Southeast Alaska Hartley, Ralph J. Renner, Amanda Hunt, William J, Jr. 2018-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/anthropologyfacpub/165 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/anthropologyfacpub/article/1167/viewcontent/Hartley_AJA_2018_CONSTRUCTING_2.pdf unknown DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/anthropologyfacpub/165 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/anthropologyfacpub/article/1167/viewcontent/Hartley_AJA_2018_CONSTRUCTING_2.pdf Anthropology Faculty Publications Anthropology Archaeological Anthropology Social and Cultural Anthropology text 2018 ftunivnebraskali 2023-10-30T11:49:12Z The existence and variability of human-made rock cairns in subalpine and alpine settings of Southeast Alaska is increasingly well documented. Whete these features were constructed prehistorically and prorohistorically is a fundamental component to assessing the socioecological role of these modifications to a landscape that is, for the most patt, devoid of other physical manifestations of past human activities. Based on information compiled from investigations in the northern portion of Baranof Island and vicinity, we explore the physical and social environmental conditions that may underlie decisions to create the cairns, some of which are estimated to have been built approximately 500 to 1500 years before present (YBP). Exploratory spatial analyses of the Iocational attributes of these rock features is pursued with the goal of assessing possible Tlingit activities in this subalpine and alpine environment while embracing the evolvement of social significance attached to this setting. Text tlingit Alaska University of Nebraska-Lincoln: DigitalCommons@UNL |
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The existence and variability of human-made rock cairns in subalpine and alpine settings of Southeast Alaska is increasingly well documented. Whete these features were constructed prehistorically and prorohistorically is a fundamental component to assessing the socioecological role of these modifications to a landscape that is, for the most patt, devoid of other physical manifestations of past human activities. Based on information compiled from investigations in the northern portion of Baranof Island and vicinity, we explore the physical and social environmental conditions that may underlie decisions to create the cairns, some of which are estimated to have been built approximately 500 to 1500 years before present (YBP). Exploratory spatial analyses of the Iocational attributes of these rock features is pursued with the goal of assessing possible Tlingit activities in this subalpine and alpine environment while embracing the evolvement of social significance attached to this setting. |
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Constructing Rock Cairns: Modifying and Signifying the Alpine Landscape of Southeast Alaska |
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Constructing Rock Cairns: Modifying and Signifying the Alpine Landscape of Southeast Alaska |
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Constructing Rock Cairns: Modifying and Signifying the Alpine Landscape of Southeast Alaska |
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constructing rock cairns: modifying and signifying the alpine landscape of southeast alaska |
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