Amakomanak: An Early Holocene Microblade Site in Northwestern Alaska
International audience "The Amakomanak site (AMR-00095), dated around 7500 BC, is located in the Noatak National Preserve in northwestern Alaska and presents an important microblade component (microblade cores, core tablets, and microblades) made of local chert. During the late Pleistocene and...
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ftunivparis10:oai:HAL:halshs-01933105v1 2023-12-24T10:11:54+01:00 Amakomanak: An Early Holocene Microblade Site in Northwestern Alaska Gómez Coutouly, Yan Axel Préhistoire et Technologie (PréTech) Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2018-04-20 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-01933105 https://doi.org/10.3368/aa.54.2.111 en eng HAL CCSD University of Wisconsin Press info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3368/aa.54.2.111 halshs-01933105 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-01933105 doi:10.3368/aa.54.2.111 ISSN: 0066-6939 Arctic Anthropology https://shs.hal.science/halshs-01933105 Arctic Anthropology, 2018, 54 (2), pp.111 - 135. ⟨10.3368/aa.54.2.111⟩ [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2018 ftunivparis10 https://doi.org/10.3368/aa.54.2.111 2023-11-29T17:22:48Z International audience "The Amakomanak site (AMR-00095), dated around 7500 BC, is located in the Noatak National Preserve in northwestern Alaska and presents an important microblade component (microblade cores, core tablets, and microblades) made of local chert. During the late Pleistocene and the early Holocene, microblade technology is widespread in central Alaska, dominated by Campus-style microblade cores (wedge-shaped microblade cores). The Amakomanak assemblage is primarily composed of larger prismatic microblade cores, similar to assemblages from other northwestern Alaskan sites compared here. This paper argues that raw material available in each area may have played a major role in the different microblade core variants described. Indeed, raw material availability in the northwestern region could be one of the major reasons behind the production of larger prismatic cores, as opposed to central Alaska Campus-style cores usually made on smaller river cobbles. The paper also presents the results of a morphometric analysis of microblade cores and microblades from the Amakomanak site, comparing the data to both experimentally derived data sets on microblade-flaking modes, as well as other microblade assemblages in Alaska and Siberia. " (source éditeur) Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Anthropology Alaska Siberia Université Paris Nanterre: HAL Arctic Anthropology 54 2 111 135 |
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International audience "The Amakomanak site (AMR-00095), dated around 7500 BC, is located in the Noatak National Preserve in northwestern Alaska and presents an important microblade component (microblade cores, core tablets, and microblades) made of local chert. During the late Pleistocene and the early Holocene, microblade technology is widespread in central Alaska, dominated by Campus-style microblade cores (wedge-shaped microblade cores). The Amakomanak assemblage is primarily composed of larger prismatic microblade cores, similar to assemblages from other northwestern Alaskan sites compared here. This paper argues that raw material available in each area may have played a major role in the different microblade core variants described. Indeed, raw material availability in the northwestern region could be one of the major reasons behind the production of larger prismatic cores, as opposed to central Alaska Campus-style cores usually made on smaller river cobbles. The paper also presents the results of a morphometric analysis of microblade cores and microblades from the Amakomanak site, comparing the data to both experimentally derived data sets on microblade-flaking modes, as well as other microblade assemblages in Alaska and Siberia. " (source éditeur) |
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Amakomanak: An Early Holocene Microblade Site in Northwestern Alaska |
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Amakomanak: An Early Holocene Microblade Site in Northwestern Alaska |
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Amakomanak: An Early Holocene Microblade Site in Northwestern Alaska |
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ISSN: 0066-6939 Arctic Anthropology https://shs.hal.science/halshs-01933105 Arctic Anthropology, 2018, 54 (2), pp.111 - 135. ⟨10.3368/aa.54.2.111⟩ |
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