Alaska prehistory (Other Keyword)

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Archaeology of the Shaw Creek Catchment, Central Alaska. (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles Holmes. Ben Potter. Josh Reuther. Barbara Crass.

Research begun in the 1990s focused within a small valley system, Shaw Creek Catchment (SCC), within the middle Tanana valley. Investigations show that long-term habitation and resource exploitation began about 14,200 cal.BP at Swan Point, the oldest site in Alaska. Both Swan Point and Mead date to the terminal Pleistocene. Together they constitute key sites for interior Alaska archaeology with their distinct multi-component records illustrating changes in environment, technology, fauna, and...