Intrasite Spatial Analysis of the 13,800-year-old Component at Shég' Xdaltth’í’, Central Alaska
Author(s): Nathan Shelley; Kelly Graf; Julie Esdale; Ted Goebel; Bryan Hockett
Year: 2024
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Shég’ Xdaltth’í’ is an archaeological site (FAI-2043) located about 30 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska in the Tanana Flats. Results of archaeological testing and excavations between 2013 and 2022 identified three distinct archaeological components, components 1, 2, and 3, dating to about 13,800 cal BP, 12,700 cal BP, and 5,000 cal BP, respectively. While excavating a 25-m2 block, approximately 60,000 pieces of archaeological materials were collected in situ with three-point provenience, and most of these come from component 1. This paper will discuss the spatial patterning of lithic technological material, radiocarbon dates, charcoal, and fauna material that has been identified at Shég’ Xdaltth’í’, focusing on component 1. We will use spatial analyses, modeling, and qualitative observations to demonstrate different activity areas in component 1 and to test the discrete nature of all three archaeological components at the site.
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Intrasite Spatial Analysis of the 13,800-year-old Component at Shég' Xdaltth’í’, Central Alaska. Nathan Shelley, Kelly Graf, Julie Esdale, Ted Goebel, Bryan Hockett. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 500157)
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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): 41582.0