Looking Beyond Dena’ina House Pits and Cache Pits: There is something else out there

Author(s): Monty Rogers; Daniel Stone

Year: 2010

Summary

Frequently, surface depressions at Dena'ina ancestral sites are interpreted as houses or cache pits. A review of ethnographic and historical literature suggests that surface depressions at Dena'ina ancestral sites are a result of several activities beyond habitation and caching. Pitfall traps, temporary shelters, cooking pits, menstrual huts, water wells, graves, and trees uprooted for beluga hunting are some features that can result in surface depressions. Possible feature locations, attributes, and identification methods are addressed in the presentation.

Cite this Record

Looking Beyond Dena’ina House Pits and Cache Pits: There is something else out there. Monty Rogers, Daniel Stone. Presented at 2010 Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska. 2010 ( tDAR id: 390876) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8Z320GV

Keywords

Culture
Dena'ina

Site Type
Archaeological Feature

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Ethnohistoric Research

General
Cache Pit • Cooking Pit • Cremation Pit • Grave • House Pit • Menstrual Hut • Pitfall • Smoke House • Steam Bath • Sweat Bath • Temporary Shelter • Water Well

Geographic Keywords
Cook Inlet

Temporal Keywords
Historic Aboriginal • PREHIST0RIC

Spatial Coverage

min long: -156.27; min lat: 59.232 ; max long: -147.634; max lat: 62.603 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Monty Rogers

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