Donald W Clark
Biographic Data
| ID | 308620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald W Clark |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald W |
| FAMILY NAME | Clark |
| SIGNATURE | CLARK D W |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Museums of Canada National Museum of Man Ottawa, Ontario K1 A OM8 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Landscapes of production and punishment: LiDAR and the process of feature identification and analysis at a Tasmanian convict station
The use of LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) in archaeological prospection is not a new phenomenon; its capacity to enhance fieldwork processes is well proven. Use of the technology makes it possible to identify potential archaeological features and sites across large swathes of the landscape quickly and accurately. In addition, the data captured by LiDAR open up landscapes to differing forms of analysis, improving understandings of how people …
Ground Squirrel: The Mysterious Rodent of Kodiak
Chirikof Island is well separated from the Alaska Peninsula and other landmasses. Thus its Arctic ground squirrels evidently were introduced by humans, as were all other land mammals on the island. It is unlikely that fur companies introduced ground squirrels. Rather, the animals appear to have been released there by Natives, particularly the Alutiiq of Kodiak. Radiocarbon dating of two archaeological habitation sites from which ground squirrel b…
American Beginnings: The Prehistory and Palaeoecology of Beringia, edited by Frederick Hadleigh West
The Old Kiavak Site, Kodiak Island, Alaska, and the Early Kachemak Phase
Excavations from 1963 on Kodiak Island, Alaska represent an early regional phase of the Kachemak tradition called "Early Kachemak" and a local phase called "Old Kiavak." Information remains insufficient to fully outline this phase of the third and fourth millennium B.P. owing to poor recovery of organic artifacts and a very sparse inventory. Comparisons with other Early Kachemak components found on Kodiak Island and elsewhere show considerable ge…
Archaeological examination of Fort Reliance, Yukon
Russian Exploration in Southwest Alaska: The Travel journals of Petr Korsakovskiy(1818) and Ivan Ya. Vasilev (1829), edited and introduced by James W. vanStone; translated by David H. Kraus
Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology - A Preface
At the 1987 Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Toronto, several scholars gathered to present their most recent research using ethnographic and ethnohistoric information to study late prehistoric and historic Athabaskan archaeology in the western subarctic interior. ... The papers from this symposium make up the rest of this volume; this preface provides the reader with some background for better appreciating the papers that follow. The …
Archaeological Reconnaissance at Great Bear Lake
Archaeological and Historical Evidence for an 18th-Century "Blip" in the Distribution of the Northern Fur Seal at Kodiak Island, Alaska
Recovery of fur seal Callorhinus ursinus remains from archaeological sites on Kodiak Island, Alaska, shows a low harvest prior to late prehistoric and early historic time. Then there is a pronounced increase in the frequency of fur seal bones in refuse layers. Russian records do not show any significant take of fur seals from Kodiak, but by the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the next century there are reports that this animal, forme…
Archaeological test at the russian three saints bay colony, Alaska
Some Practical Applications of Obsidian Hydration Dating in the Subarctic
Eight case studies of obsidian hydration dating in the Koyukuk River region of northwestern interior Alaska are discussed. Historiographic conclusions include recognition of late and early microblade industries, apparent verification of the hypothesis that northern fluted points date within a Paleo-Indian time frame, and validation of a Tuktu-like first millennium A.D. Northern Archaic phase. However, variance in the data and lack of firm hydrati…
Paleo-Indians and Fluted Points: Subarctic Alternatives
For more than three decades a postulated northern (Alaskan) origin for Paleo-Indians bearing fluted projectile points has been based on sparse fluted point occurrences in the north and expectations engendered by the hypothesis of migration from northeastern Siberia. To reaffirm the northern hypothesis this article models northern data that have become available during the past 15 years. Major elements of this model are (a) that tentative dating i…
The Bruce Collection of Eskimo Material Culture from Port Clarence, Alaska, by James W. VanStone
Elemental Characterization of Obsidian From the Koyukuk River, Alaska, by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
Akmak: An Early Archaeological Assemblage from Onion Portage, Northwestern Alaska, by Douglas D. Anderson
Perspectives in the Prehistory of Kodiak Island, Alaska
Archaeological material from Kodiak Island, Alaska, is described in terms of five phases which, from oldest to youngest, are Ocean Bay I, Ocean Bay II, Old Kiavak, Three Saints, and Koniag. Ocean Bay I and II, components of a single site, are characterized by flaked-stone and ground-slate industries, respectively. Old Kiavak and Three Saints appear to be developmental stages within a single tradition, possibly different from the traditions of the…
Perspectives in the Prehistory of Kodiak Island, Alaska
Archaeological material from Kodiak Island, Alaska, is described in terms of five phases which, from oldest to youngest, are Ocean Bay I, Ocean Bay II, Old Kiavak, Three Saints, and Koniag. Ocean Bay I and II, components of a single site, are characterized by flaked-stone and ground-slate industries, respectively. Old Kiavak and Three Saints appear to be developmental stages within a single tradition, possibly different from the traditions of the…
Paleo-Indians and Fluted Points: Subarctic Alternatives
For more than three decades a postulated northern (Alaskan) origin for Paleo-Indians bearing fluted projectile points has been based on sparse fluted point occurrences in the north and expectations engendered by the hypothesis of migration from northeastern Siberia. To reaffirm the northern hypothesis this article models northern data that have become available during the past 15 years. Major elements of this model are (a) that tentative dating i…
Landscapes of production and punishment: LiDAR and the process of feature identification and analysis at a Tasmanian convict station
The use of LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) in archaeological prospection is not a new phenomenon; its capacity to enhance fieldwork processes is well proven. Use of the technology makes it possible to identify potential archaeological features and sites across large swathes of the landscape quickly and accurately. In addition, the data captured by LiDAR open up landscapes to differing forms of analysis, improving understandings of how people …
Archaeological test at the russian three saints bay colony, Alaska
Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology - A Preface
At the 1987 Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Toronto, several scholars gathered to present their most recent research using ethnographic and ethnohistoric information to study late prehistoric and historic Athabaskan archaeology in the western subarctic interior. ... The papers from this symposium make up the rest of this volume; this preface provides the reader with some background for better appreciating the papers that follow. The …
Archaeological Reconnaissance at Great Bear Lake
Perspectives in the Prehistory of Kodiak Island, Alaska
Archaeological material from Kodiak Island, Alaska, is described in terms of five phases which, from oldest to youngest, are Ocean Bay I, Ocean Bay II, Old Kiavak, Three Saints, and Koniag. Ocean Bay I and II, components of a single site, are characterized by flaked-stone and ground-slate industries, respectively. Old Kiavak and Three Saints appear to be developmental stages within a single tradition, possibly different from the traditions of the…
Akmak: An Early Archaeological Assemblage from Onion Portage, Northwestern Alaska, by Douglas D. Anderson
The Bruce Collection of Eskimo Material Culture from Port Clarence, Alaska, by James W. VanStone
Elemental Characterization of Obsidian From the Koyukuk River, Alaska, by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
Paleo-Indians and Fluted Points: Subarctic Alternatives
For more than three decades a postulated northern (Alaskan) origin for Paleo-Indians bearing fluted projectile points has been based on sparse fluted point occurrences in the north and expectations engendered by the hypothesis of migration from northeastern Siberia. To reaffirm the northern hypothesis this article models northern data that have become available during the past 15 years. Major elements of this model are (a) that tentative dating i…
Some Practical Applications of Obsidian Hydration Dating in the Subarctic
Eight case studies of obsidian hydration dating in the Koyukuk River region of northwestern interior Alaska are discussed. Historiographic conclusions include recognition of late and early microblade industries, apparent verification of the hypothesis that northern fluted points date within a Paleo-Indian time frame, and validation of a Tuktu-like first millennium A.D. Northern Archaic phase. However, variance in the data and lack of firm hydrati…
Archaeological test at the russian three saints bay colony, Alaska
Archaeological and Historical Evidence for an 18th-Century "Blip" in the Distribution of the Northern Fur Seal at Kodiak Island, Alaska
Recovery of fur seal Callorhinus ursinus remains from archaeological sites on Kodiak Island, Alaska, shows a low harvest prior to late prehistoric and early historic time. Then there is a pronounced increase in the frequency of fur seal bones in refuse layers. Russian records do not show any significant take of fur seals from Kodiak, but by the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the next century there are reports that this animal, forme…
Archaeological Reconnaissance at Great Bear Lake
Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology - A Preface
At the 1987 Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Toronto, several scholars gathered to present their most recent research using ethnographic and ethnohistoric information to study late prehistoric and historic Athabaskan archaeology in the western subarctic interior. ... The papers from this symposium make up the rest of this volume; this preface provides the reader with some background for better appreciating the papers that follow. The …
Russian Exploration in Southwest Alaska: The Travel journals of Petr Korsakovskiy(1818) and Ivan Ya. Vasilev (1829), edited and introduced by James W. vanStone; translated by David H. Kraus
The Old Kiavak Site, Kodiak Island, Alaska, and the Early Kachemak Phase
Excavations from 1963 on Kodiak Island, Alaska represent an early regional phase of the Kachemak tradition called "Early Kachemak" and a local phase called "Old Kiavak." Information remains insufficient to fully outline this phase of the third and fourth millennium B.P. owing to poor recovery of organic artifacts and a very sparse inventory. Comparisons with other Early Kachemak components found on Kodiak Island and elsewhere show considerable ge…
Archaeological examination of Fort Reliance, Yukon
American Beginnings: The Prehistory and Palaeoecology of Beringia, edited by Frederick Hadleigh West
Ground Squirrel: The Mysterious Rodent of Kodiak
Chirikof Island is well separated from the Alaska Peninsula and other landmasses. Thus its Arctic ground squirrels evidently were introduced by humans, as were all other land mammals on the island. It is unlikely that fur companies introduced ground squirrels. Rather, the animals appear to have been released there by Natives, particularly the Alutiiq of Kodiak. Radiocarbon dating of two archaeological habitation sites from which ground squirrel b…
Landscapes of production and punishment: LiDAR and the process of feature identification and analysis at a Tasmanian convict station
The use of LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) in archaeological prospection is not a new phenomenon; its capacity to enhance fieldwork processes is well proven. Use of the technology makes it possible to identify potential archaeological features and sites across large swathes of the landscape quickly and accurately. In addition, the data captured by LiDAR open up landscapes to differing forms of analysis, improving understandings of how people …
Archaeology (16 works) · Geography (15 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (10 works) · Geology (9 works) · History (9 works) · Geology (8 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 works) · History (4 works) · Oceanography (4 works)