Cultural Chronology of Central Interior Alaska

Author(s): E. James Dixon

Year: 1985

Summary

This report includes a reanalysis of key central interior Alaska archaeological sites and analysis of data from recently discovered sites that were used to define the cultural chronology of the central interior Alaska. Diagnostic material cultural elements, with the exception of those for the Euroamerican tradition, were identified and illustrated within this report. Additionally, six cultural traditions and complexes were documented: 1) Chindadn complex (greater than 11,000- c. 10,600 B. P.). 2) American Paleoarctic tradition (c. 10,600-5000 B.P.), 3) Northern Archaic tradition (c. 5000-3500 B.P.), 4) Late Denali complex (c. 3500-1500 B.P.), 5) Athapaskan tradition (c. 1500-100 B.P.), 6) Euroamerican tradition (c. 100 B. P.-present).

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Cultural Chronology of Central Interior Alaska. E. James Dixon. 1985 ( tDAR id: 457721) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8457721

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Keywords

Culture
American Paleoarctic Tradition • Athapaskan Tradition • Chindadn Complex • Euro-American Tradition • Late Denali Complex • Northern Archaic Tradition

Material
Chipped Stone • Fauna • Macrobotanical • Metal

Investigation Types
Ethnohistoric Research • Geophysical Survey • Systematic Survey

General
Archaeological Sites • Chronology of Central Interior Alaska • Cultural Resources • Diagnostic Material Culture • Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory) • Anchorage, AK • Central Alaska • Tanana Valley

Temporal Keywords
Pleistocene

Spatial Coverage

min long: -151.198; min lat: 61.087 ; max long: -146.881; max lat: 62.831 ;

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