Dating Tukuto Lake Hunting Architecture

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Caribou drive systems are often noted peripherally to important archaeology sites in the Alaska Arctic and are generally assumed to result from late Precontact and early Postcontact hunting strategies. However, little research has been conducted that attempts to date these hunting features. This poster outlines preliminary dating results from a recent study conducted near Tukuto Lake in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range. The study area is situated along a major caribou migration route of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd and was utilized over a long period by groups of North Alaska caribou hunters. The results are evaluated in the context of known cultural traditions represented at Tukuto Lake, which include the Denbigh Flint Complex, Norton /Ipiutak, Ipiutak, late Precontact, and early Contact Inupiaq and Déne.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36870.0