Sixty Years of Research at the Donnelly Ridge Site
Author(s): Julie Esdale; Ian Buvit; Lindsay Doyle; Whitney McLaren
Year: 2023
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Archaeology of Alaska, the Gateway to the Americas" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
In 1964, F. H. West investigated Donnelly Ridge, subsequently using material from there and a few other interior Alaskan sites to define what he termed the Denali complex. In later years, numerous archaeologists returned to Donnelly Ridge for monitoring and limited testing, but nothing substantial was done to synthesize all the data or report anything new. With potential for a deep age, sites like Donnelly Ridge could provide important clues in developing a framework for early Alaskan prehistory. In August 2022, researchers engaged in more extensive work at the site. Goals of the 2022 fieldwork were to document previous studies, assess the site’s age and geological context, and determine the potential benefits of continued research there.
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Sixty Years of Research at the Donnelly Ridge Site. Julie Esdale, Ian Buvit, Lindsay Doyle, Whitney McLaren. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 473573)
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Keywords
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): 36367.0