Archaeology of Alaska, the Gateway to the Americas
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Archaeology of Alaska, the Gateway to the Americas" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
For decades, research in Alaska has been a cornerstone for our understanding of the late Pleistocene and Holocene peopling of Beringia, Siberia, and the Americas. Recent focus on a period of human isolation, called the Beringian Standstill Hypothesis, for example, has been supported almost entirely by work done in the state. Additionally, regional studies in the state focused on the movement of people and technologies during the Holocene encompassing sites from areas as large as most states. This session includes papers dedicated to current studies in Alaska with emphasis on prehistory, paleoecology, and human-environment interaction.
Other Keywords
Paleoindian and Paleoamerican •
Lithic Analysis •
arctic •
Hunter-Gatherers/Foragers •
Geoarchaeology •
ancient DNA •
Environment and Climate •
Chronology •
Zooarchaeology •
Dating Techniques
Geographic Keywords
Alberta (State / Territory) •
Yukon Territory (State / Territory) •
British Columbia (State / Territory) •
Alaska (State / Territory) •
Saskatchewan (State / Territory) •
Manitoba (State / Territory) •
Canada (Country) •
Northwest Territories (State / Territory) •
North America (Continent) •
North America: Arctic and Subarctic
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Adding to the Paleoenvironmental Framework for Early Settlement of Interior Alaska: New Perspectives on Local Changes in Vegetation and Hydrology from Plant Wax N-Alkanes (2023)