The Archeology of a Caribou Drive Complex: the T-Stemmed Hill Sites in the Noatak Basin, Northwest Alaska
Martin RL. 2009. The Archeology of a Caribou Drive Complex: the T-Stemmed Hill Sites in the Noatak Basin, Northwest Alaska. University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Anthropology
Abstract: Surface scatters of archeological material in Northwest Alaska are usually perceived as palimpsests, hence given scant, if any, analysis. This thesis used spatial analysis, physiography, toolkit composition, ethnographical and archeological data to develop an inductive approach based on the level of artifact diversity (richness) for describing surface scatters of archeological materials, regardless of whether the archeological materials were collected or not. The physiography and archeological assemblages from nine loci of surface scatters from the T-Stemmed Hill complex, located in the Noatak basin, Northwest Alaska, are used to test this method. The spatial plot of artifact richness created for the T-Stemmed Hill complex strongly suggests that spatially segregated locales were used for activities associated with the hunting, butchering, processing and storing of caribou from multiple-kills events.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Martin, Richard
- Date of Issue
- 2009-08
- Publisher
- University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Anthropology
- Units
- NOAT
- Keywords
- archeology, thesis