Assessment of the Archaeological Record for the Tanana Valley, Alaska, and a New Cultural Synthesis

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.

The archaeological record in the Tanana Valley region has accrued for almost a century and investigators have applied a variety of different naming schemes for these complex archaeological records. There is a need to synthesize nomenclature for these cultural phenomena. In general, archaeologists have fitted identified components into broad familiar cultural units (e.g., Denali complex, Northern Archaic tradition) and by age. We examine cultural chronologies and data at the assemblage level and evaluate current cultural designations to provide a common terminology across the region. Also, we introduce some new designations that address a more comprehensive cultural sequence for interior Alaska.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archaeology of Alaska, the Gateway to the Americas   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35959.0