Absent ice patches and the continued reliability of caribou as a resource to prehistoric hunters throughout the Holocene

• Main Author: Koszalinski, Holly Lynn
• Other Authors: Tiffany, Joseph
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Paleoecology > Holocene; Caribou hunting > Northern Hemisphere > History; Prehistoric peoples > Food > Northern Hemisphere; Hunting; Prehistoric > Northern Hemisphere; Basalt Lake; Ice Patch Archaeology; Alaska
• Online Access: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/64626

Ice patches have recently exploded as a new field of research in archaeology and as a vital source to understanding prehistory. The uniqueness of ice patch archaeology lies within the preservation of organic materials offering exceptional information about cultural behavior. Ice patches were traditi...