Environment and Archaeology on the Upper Alaska Peninsula: Toward a Better Understanding of Human Ecology
Hilton MR. 2000. Environment and Archaeology on the Upper Alaska Peninsula: Toward a Better Understanding of Human Ecology. Anchorage, AK
The dynamic coastal environment of the Upper Alaska Peninsula presented the region's prehistoric inhabitants with significant adaptational challenges. New data from the coast of the Katmai National Park is helping to illuminate variability in the physical and biological environment in which they existed. A postglacial tephra sequence combined with new fossil pollen diagrams provide preliminary indicators of past environments. These off-site studies are compared with data recovered from a nearby archaeological site to provide the groundwork for a better understanding of the systemic relationship between the former inhabitants and the changing environments they encountered.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hilton, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 2000
- Units
- KATM
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Coast, Pollen, Tephra