Early Beringian Traditions: Functioning and Economy of the Stone Toolkit from Swan Point CZ4b, Alaska

• Published in: American Antiquity
• Main Authors: Gauvrit Roux, Eugénie, Gómez Coutouly, Yan Axel, Holmes, Charles, Hirasawa, Yu
• Other Authors: Géosciences Rennes (GR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Archéologie des Amériques (ArchAm), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), University of East Asia, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2024
• Subjects: Late Glacial; Alaska; Adaptative strategies; Beringia; Stone tools; Use-wear analysis; Lithic technology; Tardiglaciaire; Stratégies adaptatives; Béringie; Industrie lithique; Analyse fonctionnelle; Technologie lithique; [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; Arctic; Swan Point; Arctique*; Kamchatka; subarctique*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04538955; https://hal.science/hal-04538955/document; https://hal.science/hal-04538955/file/early-beringian-traditions-functioning-and-economy-of-the-stone-toolkit-from-swan-point-cz4b-alaska.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2024.10

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