The Archaeology of the Southern Yukon-Alaska Borderlands
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Southern Yukon-Alaska Borderlands" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
This session will discuss the archaeology of the southern Yukon-Alaska borderlands (SY-AB), defined as the region north and south of the Alaska Highway and east and west of the international border for about 100 km. It encompasses the highway corridor from the north end of Kluane Lake, Yukon, to the Tanacross, Alaska, regions, with the Wellesley Basin/Yukon-Tanana uplands to the north and the St. Elias–Wrangell Mountain range to the south. Sites such as Little John in Yukon and Linda’s Point and Nateɬ Na’ in Alaska date human occupations of the region to the Beringian Allerød (ca. 14 to 13 Kya). It is the area of origin for native copper and the crossroads of contact of the four major obsidian sources—Wiki Peak, Batza Tena, Hoodoo Mountain, and Edziza—for northwest America. The SY-AB also contains a continuous history of Holocene occupations and a rich record of Late Prehistoric and Postcontact Amerindian-European interaction. This symposium will highlight specific sites and topics of research in the SY-AB and cumulatively argue for increased attention to an often overlooked but fecund area for future archaeological research in eastern-most Beringia.
Other Keywords
arctic •
Paleoindian and Paleoamerican •
Hunter-Gatherers/Foragers •
Lithic Analysis •
Chronology •
Geoarchaeology •
Survey •
Microblades •
Use-Wear Analysis •
Heritage Management
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
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-8 of 8)
- Documents (8)
- The Archaeology of Nataeł Na’ and Its Implications for Landscape and Resource Use by Pleistocene Peoples in the Yukon-Alaska Borderlands (2024)
- Archaeology of the Upper Yukon River Canyon Riparian Zone: Alaska and Yukon Territory (2024)
- The Formation and Distribution of a Chindadn Component Tool Assemblage: Insights from Microwear Analysis (2024)
- Geoarchaeology at the Little John Site (KdVo-6), Yukon Territory, Canada (2024)
- Isotopic Evidence of Long-Term Aquatic Resource Use at Tanada Creek, Alaska (2024)
- Obsidian Networks of the Southern Yukon-Alaska Borderlands (2024)
- Origin of Northwest Coast Microblade Tradition: Insights from Shuká Káa Cave (SKKC) (2024)
- Recent Archaeological Investigations of Wiki Peak and the Beaver Creek Drainage (2024)