Interdisciplinary Studies at Delta River Overlook Site, a Late Pleistocene to Late Holocene Multicomponent Site in Central Alaska
Author(s): Julie Esdale; Ben Potter; Charles Holmes; Joshua Reuther; Holly McKinney
Year: 2018
Summary
Recent large-scale excavations at Delta River Overlook in the middle Tanana River basin yielded 12 components dating from the onset of the Younger Dryas (~12,860 cal BP) to the later Holocene (2300 cal yr BP). Well preserved faunal assemblages, including bison, are present in multiple components, with economic transitions evident at ~6000 cal yr BP. Several features and activity areas were analyzed, including ochre-rich processing areas. Over 20,000 lithic items have been analyzed, primarily from the 11,500 and 10,900 cal BP components, indicating multiple lithic reduction behaviors from cobble testing to tool maintenance. We present interpretations of site function, geological context, radiocarbon dating, component delineation, lithic, faunal, and spatial analyses that track technological and subsistence.
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Interdisciplinary Studies at Delta River Overlook Site, a Late Pleistocene to Late Holocene Multicomponent Site in Central Alaska. Julie Esdale, Ben Potter, Charles Holmes, Joshua Reuther, Holly McKinney. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 445066)
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Keywords
General
Hunter-Gatherers/Foragers
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Lithic Analysis
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Paleoindian and Paleoamerican
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subarcic, zooarchaeology, material culture
Geographic Keywords
North America: Arctic and Subarctic
Spatial Coverage
min long: -169.453; min lat: 50.513 ; max long: -49.043; max lat: 72.712 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 20470