Petrographic Analysis of Basalt Artifacts from Three Aleutian Sites

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2575789
AutoresOwen K Mason (0000-0003-1558-3184, University of Alaska Fairbanks, autor de correspondencia), Jean S Aigner (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Año1987
Volumen52
Número3
Páginas595-607
Fecha de publicación1987-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/281601
OpenAlexW2053742903
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas14

By comparing thin sections of basalt artifacts from three early and middle Holocene Aleutian sites with geological samples, we can infer the location of the artifactual rock source or sources. Contrary to the sources, the comparison shows that the basalt artifacts came from a single flow or closely related flows 15-30 km from all three sites. This finding suggests we should reassess the role of cultural continuity, trade, and exchange in the early and middle Holocene of the Aleutians

Archaeology · Basalt · Geochemistry · Geography · Holocene · Petrography · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology