CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SPOON LAKE 3 (YAK-076) AND KNIGHT ISLAND NORTH POINT (YAK-205), YAKUTAT COUNTY, ALASKA

Author(s): Peter Kováčik

Year: 2016

Summary

Sites YAK-076 (Spoon Lake 3) and YAK-205 (Knight Island North Point) lie in Yakutat Bay, southeastern Alaska. Both sites consist of house pits with hearths and associated storage caches. Recovered artifacts indicate fishing, hunting, meat and hide processing. The Spoon Lake 3 site probably was occupied as soon as AD 1275, while the settlement at the Knight Island North Point site followed shortly after glacier retreat (AD 1500) from the island (Aron Crowell, personal communication November 21, 2016). Seven charcoal samples collected from features at YAK-076 and a single feature at YAK-205 were submitted for identification. Five charcoal samples were selected for AMS radiocarbon age determination.

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CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SPOON LAKE 3 (YAK-076) AND KNIGHT ISLAND NORTH POINT (YAK-205), YAKUTAT COUNTY, ALASKA. Peter Kováčik. PRI Technical Report ,2016-117. 2016 ( tDAR id: 427786) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8348NGN

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Keywords

Material
Charcoal • Dating Sample • Macrobotanical

Site Name
Knight Island North Point • Spoon Lake 3 • YAK-076 • YAK-205

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
16-117 • AMS Radiocarbon Analysis • AMS Radiocarbon Dating • Charcoal Identification

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory) • Yakutat Bay • Yakutat City and Borough (County) • Yakutat County (County)

Temporal Keywords
AD 1275 • Ad 1500

Spatial Coverage

min long: -141.312; min lat: 59.148 ; max long: -138.115; max lat: 60.332 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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