Coastal Settlement Patterns: Adaptations on the Chukchi Sea
Kunisch E and Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center. 2015. Coastal Settlement Patterns: Adaptations on the Chukchi Sea
Studies investigating early coastal settlements in high latitudes can provide information on how past populations subsisted in areas of low biodiversity and increased seasonality of available resources. The beach ridges of Cape Krusenstern National Monument on the eastern edge of the Chukchi Sea are a well-known archeological site complex with evidence of human occupation for the past 4,000 years. New research demonstrates that the prehistoric population of this coastal area was much higher than previously thought. Additionally, the data show that human occupation over the last 2,000 years was nearly continuous, despite significant environmental variability during the late Holocene.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Kunisch, Erin; Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center
- Date of Issue
- 2015-01
- Units
- CAKR