M L Mo
Biographic Data
| ID | 49064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M L Mo |
| GIVEN NAMES | M L |
| FAMILY NAME | Mo |
| SIGNATURE | MO M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oregon |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1703-9422 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 303 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
What ancient DNA reveals about the ubiquitous rockfish of the Pacific Coast of North America
Alutiiq Ancestors' Use of Birds During the Ocean Bay Period at Rice Ridge (49-KOD-363), Kodiak Island, Alaska
Madonna L. Moss, Amy Shannon, Brittany Falconer, Scott Blumenthal, Jensen Wainwright, Elizabeth McGuire and Molly R. Casperson Department of Anthropology, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA; mmoss{at}uoregon.edu Department of Anthropology, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA; ashannon{at}uoregon.edu 25129 Irenic Ave, Veneta, OR 97487, USA; Bfalconer13{at}gmail.com Department of Anthropology, 1218 University of Oregon, E…
Investigating the Utility of Birds in Precontact Yup'ik Subsistence: A Preliminary Analysis of the Avian Remains from Nunalleq
Birds have been an integral part of traditional Yup'ik lifeways in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, southwest Alaska, both economically and symbolically. From a subsistence point of view, the rich ethnographic record for the region highlights the importance of this resource as a critical seasonal food and a source of raw materials for clothing and tools. Little is known of bird exploitation in precontact Yup'ik society, however, as a result of limited …
Did Tlingit Ancestors Eat Sea Otters? Addressing Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage through Zooarchaeology
The maritime fur trade caused the extirpation of sea otters from southeast Alaska. In the 1960s, sea otters were reintroduced, and their numbers have increased. Now, sea otters are competing with people for what have become commercially important invertebrates. After having been absent for more than a century, the reentry of this keystone species has unsettled people. Although some communities perceive sea otters as a threat to their livelihoods,…
Domestic dogs and wild canids on the Northwest Coast of North America: Animal husbandry in a region without agriculture
Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) occur in the archaeological record throughout North America but few zooarchaeological studies have examined the extent of wild and domestic canids using multi-site observations across regions. Here, we present a meta-analysis of 172,310 mammal specimens identified from 210 archaeological sites along the Northwest Coast focusing on canid abundance, distribution, and osteological identifications. We show that canids…
Evaluating Native American Bird Use and Bird Assemblage Variability along the Oregon Coast
Native American use of birds on the Oregon coast is not well known and has never been synthesized to present a regional understanding. We rectify this by analyzing data from 26 zooarchaeological assemblages, including three previously unpublished bird assemblages: Umpqua/Eden (35DO83), Whale Cove (35LNC60), and the Dunes Site (35CLT27). We employ a series of non-parametric randomization tests to directly evaluate patterns of taxonomic diversity, …
Meta-analysis in zooarchaeology expands perspectives on Indigenous fisheries of the Northwest Coast of North America
Fisheries are of fundamental importance to Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest of North America today and in the past but few archaeological analyses have documented geographic patterning in fisheries across the entire region. This paper adopts meta-analysis methods and GIS-based spatial visualizations to survey the single largest compilation of fine-screened zooarchaeological fisheries data reported to date, including 513,605 fish remain…
The historical ecology of Pacific herring: Tracing Alaska Native use of a forage fish
The nutritional value of Pacific herring: An ancient cultural keystone species on the Northwest Coast of North America
Waterfowl and Lunate Crescents in Western North America: The Archaeology of the Pacific Flyway
Understanding Variability in Northwest Coast Faunal Assemblages: Beyond Economic Intensification and Cultural Complexity
On the Northwest Coast of North America, animal resource intensification is central to many explanations for increasing cultural complexity. In this article, I show that such arguments are often decoupled from specific ecological contexts. Much of the variability in faunal assemblages can be explained by the spatial and temporal distribution of animal resources. Reconstructing how these distributions have changed over time is challenging, but cri…
Paleoindian Seafaring, Maritime Technologies, and Coastal Foraging on California’s Channel Islands
Archaeological sites reveal a variety of tools used to hunt marine birds, mammals, and fish 12,000 years ago.
Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology as Historical Process. Amerined Studies in Archaelogy . Kenneth E. Sassaman , Donald H. Holly
Diversity in North Pacific shellfish assemblages: The barnacles of Kit’n’Kaboodle Cave, Alaska
Local and Traditional Knowledge and the Historical Ecologyof Pacific Herring in Alaska
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) have long been a critical resource in the marine food web of the Gulf of Alaska. While the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 wreaked havoc on Prince William Sound herring populations in the northern Gulf, the southern Gulf also has been impacted, if less severely, by commercial fishing, habitat degradation, and environmental changes over the past century. Just how much Southeast Alaska’s herring have been affected i…
Islands Coming Out of Concealment: Traveling to Haida Gwaii on the Northwest Coast of North America
Haida Gwaii is the most remote island archipelago of the Northwest Coast of North America. During the AD 1700s, the Kaigani Haida migrated from their homeland on Haida Gwaii north to the Prince of Wales Archipelago by canoeing across the open waters of Dixon Entrance. Since First Nations people have lived in this region for over 10,000 years, earlier seafarers made comparable journeys. This paper explores the logistics and oral history of late pr…
Outer Coast Maritime Adaptations in Southern Southeast Alaska: Tlingit or Haida
Langdon (1979) characterized Tlingit and Kaigani Haida resource orientations in southeast Alaska as significantly different from one another. He argued that the Kaigani were better adapted to open, offshore waters and focused on halibut, bottomfish, and dog salmon, selecting their villages near good halibut or cod fishing banks. In contrast, the Tlingit selected more protected estuarine locations adjacent to streams with three or four salmon spec…
Haida and Tlingit Use of Seabirds From the Forrester Islands, Southeast Alaska
This paper presents the results of recent archaeological survey and zooarchaeological studies of five sites located on the Forrester Islands of southeast Alaska, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Even though many Alaska Natives have a long history of hunting migratory birds—including seabirds—use of these resources is not well-documented, at least partly because harvest during the …
Migratory Bird Harvest in Northwestern Alaska: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Ipiutak and Thule Occupations from the Deering Archaeological District
Until 2003, it was illegal to hunt migratory birds in Alaska during the spring and summer. Even though many Alaska Natives have a long history of hunting migratory birds, use of these resources is not well documented. Here we present our preliminary analyses of the bird remains recovered from the Deering Archaeological District (49-KTZ-169), located in Deering, Northwest Alaska. Relatively large bird assemblages from two sites (KTZ-299 and 300) p…
Haida and Tlingit Use of Seabirds From the Forrester Islands, Southeast Alaska
This paper presents the results of recent archaeological survey and zooarchaeological studies of five sites located on the Forrester Islands of southeast Alaska, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Even though many Alaska Natives have a long history of hunting migratory birds-including seabirds-use of these resources is not well-documented, at least partly because harvest during the …
An Early Holocene/Late Pleistocene Archaeological Site on the Oregon Coast? Comments on Hall Et Al. (2005)
In the journal Radiocarbon , Hall et al. (2005:383) claim that 35-CS-9, located in Bandon Ocean Wayside State Park on the southern Oregon coast, is one of the few Oregon coast sites “that includes sediments and artifacts dating to the early Holocene and possibly to the late Pleistocene.” Their claim for an early Holocene or late Pleistocene human occupation rests on a single radiocarbon date of 11,000 ± 140 BP (12,710–12,680 cal BP) taken from ch…
Historical Ecology and Biogeography of North Pacific Pinnipeds: Isotopes and Ancient DNA from Three Archaeological Assemblages
Zooarchaeology has the potential to make significant contributions to knowledge of pinniped biogeography of import to both archaeologists and environmental scientists. We analyzed northern fur seal remains found in three archaeological sites located along the outer coast of the Northeast Pacific Ocean: Cape Addington Rockshelter in southeast Alaska, Ts’ishaa on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and the Netarts Sandspit site on the Oregon Coast.…
The Hoko River Archaeological Site Complex: The Rockshelter (45CA21)), 1,000-100 BP . Dale R. Croes
A Giant in the Rainforest: Frederica de Laguna's Contributions to the Anthropology of Southeast Alaska
Frederica de Laguna has influenced the research goals and career trajectories of many anthropologists working in the north. We are two who have worked in southeast Alaska, a region typically studied as part of the Northwest Coast culture area. In addition to numerous articles on the Northwest Coast, de Laguna authored, co-authored and/or edited four important monographs that have become standards of Tlingit archaeology and ethnography. After a br…
Rifts in the Theoretical Landscape of Archaeology in the United States: A Comment on Hegmon and Watkins
Recent papers by Michelle Hegmon (2003) and Joe Watkins (2003) purport to 'map the terrain' of North American archaeology. Yet these two metaphorical maps present very different views of the contours of North American archaeology. Taken together, the two papers highlight problematic divisions between (1) theory and practice in North American archaeology, and (2) academic archaeology and cultural resource management. What are the roles archaeologi…
Shellfish, Gender, and Status on the Northwest Coast: Reconciling Archeological, Ethnographic, and Ethnohistorical Records of the Tlingit
Archeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistorical data provide ambiguous evidence of the dietary and economic importance of shellfish in Northwest Coast cultures. In the case of the Tlingit, I find that understanding shellfish from an emic perspective is critical to reconciling these equivocal data on economic importance. The Tlingit associated shellfish with poverty, laziness, and ritual impurity, and those who sought to be "ideal" persons avoide…
Reflections on North American Pacific Coast prehistory
Waterfowl and Lunate Crescents in Western North America: The Archaeology of the Pacific Flyway
Meta-analysis in zooarchaeology expands perspectives on Indigenous fisheries of the Northwest Coast of North America
Fisheries are of fundamental importance to Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest of North America today and in the past but few archaeological analyses have documented geographic patterning in fisheries across the entire region. This paper adopts meta-analysis methods and GIS-based spatial visualizations to survey the single largest compilation of fine-screened zooarchaeological fisheries data reported to date, including 513,605 fish remain…
Shellfish Feeders, Carrion Eaters, and the Archaeology of Aquatic Adaptations
Numerous taphonomic studies show that archaeologists should carefully evaluate the origins of faunal remains found in archaeological sites. Although extensive research has been done on natural sources of terrestrial faunal remains in archaeological sites, much less has been devoted to potential sources of aquatic fauna. Hundreds of animal species feed on shellfish, fish, and other aquatic fauna, and many transport food to terrestrial landforms wh…
Understanding Variability in Northwest Coast Faunal Assemblages: Beyond Economic Intensification and Cultural Complexity
On the Northwest Coast of North America, animal resource intensification is central to many explanations for increasing cultural complexity. In this article, I show that such arguments are often decoupled from specific ecological contexts. Much of the variability in faunal assemblages can be explained by the spatial and temporal distribution of animal resources. Reconstructing how these distributions have changed over time is challenging, but cri…
Evaluating the Economic Significance of Sharks, Skates, and Rays (Elasmobranchs) in Prehistoric Economies
The Status of Archaeology and Archaeological Practice in Southeast Alaska in Relation to the Larger Northwest Coast
Southeast Alaska is bounded by British Columbia and Yukon Territory, and most of the region is Tlingit territory. Haida, Tsimshian, and Athapaskans have all played roles in the region's long-term history. Contemporary political boundaries structure current archaeological work because the United States and Canada have different academic traditions, heritage laws, land management practices, research funding agencies, and publication outlets. To wha…
The Systematic Use of Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeological Surveys in Coastal and Other Erosional Environments
Traditionally, archaeologists have usedl4C dating primarily as a postexcavation analytical tool to establish the age of features, strata, or assemblages. In coastal zones and other environments around the world, however, thousands of archaeological sites are rapidly eroding or endangered by other destructive processes. We believe archaeologists should expand their use ofl4C dating, systematically incorporating it into surveys in coastal, lacustri…
The Antiquity of Tlingit Settlement on Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska
A series of 29 radiocarbon dates from 11 sites on Admiralty Island span the last 3,200 calendar years. Although our research corroborates many of the results of de Laguna's (1960) earlier work in the area, we find the Tlingit settlement pattern to be at least 1,600 years old, significantly older than previously believed. Dating of a wooden fish weir demonstrates that mass harvesting of salmon has an antiquity of at least 3,000 years
Diversity in North Pacific shellfish assemblages: The barnacles of Kit’n’Kaboodle Cave, Alaska
Local and Traditional Knowledge and the Historical Ecologyof Pacific Herring in Alaska
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) have long been a critical resource in the marine food web of the Gulf of Alaska. While the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 wreaked havoc on Prince William Sound herring populations in the northern Gulf, the southern Gulf also has been impacted, if less severely, by commercial fishing, habitat degradation, and environmental changes over the past century. Just how much Southeast Alaska’s herring have been affected i…
Historical Ecology and Biogeography of North Pacific Pinnipeds: Isotopes and Ancient DNA from Three Archaeological Assemblages
Zooarchaeology has the potential to make significant contributions to knowledge of pinniped biogeography of import to both archaeologists and environmental scientists. We analyzed northern fur seal remains found in three archaeological sites located along the outer coast of the Northeast Pacific Ocean: Cape Addington Rockshelter in southeast Alaska, Ts’ishaa on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and the Netarts Sandspit site on the Oregon Coast.…
Animal Agency and Coastal Archaeology
Until more archaeologists, not just faunal analysts and taphonomists, recognize the range and variety of animals that can deposit marine or estuarine animal remains into archaeological localities, insufficient research attention will be paid to distinguishing taphonomic agents. As demonstrated elsewhere (Erlandson and Moss 2001), an understanding of the antiquity of coastal adaptations and the nature of marine resource use in certain contexts req…
Domestic dogs and wild canids on the Northwest Coast of North America: Animal husbandry in a region without agriculture
Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) occur in the archaeological record throughout North America but few zooarchaeological studies have examined the extent of wild and domestic canids using multi-site observations across regions. Here, we present a meta-analysis of 172,310 mammal specimens identified from 210 archaeological sites along the Northwest Coast focusing on canid abundance, distribution, and osteological identifications. We show that canids…
The nutritional value of Pacific herring: An ancient cultural keystone species on the Northwest Coast of North America
Islands Coming Out of Concealment: Traveling to Haida Gwaii on the Northwest Coast of North America
Haida Gwaii is the most remote island archipelago of the Northwest Coast of North America. During the AD 1700s, the Kaigani Haida migrated from their homeland on Haida Gwaii north to the Prince of Wales Archipelago by canoeing across the open waters of Dixon Entrance. Since First Nations people have lived in this region for over 10,000 years, earlier seafarers made comparable journeys. This paper explores the logistics and oral history of late pr…
Migratory Bird Harvest in Northwestern Alaska: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Ipiutak and Thule Occupations from the Deering Archaeological District
Until 2003, it was illegal to hunt migratory birds in Alaska during the spring and summer. Even though many Alaska Natives have a long history of hunting migratory birds, use of these resources is not well documented. Here we present our preliminary analyses of the bird remains recovered from the Deering Archaeological District (49-KTZ-169), located in Deering, Northwest Alaska. Relatively large bird assemblages from two sites (KTZ-299 and 300) p…
Intimate relations with the past: The story of an Athapaskan village on the southern Northwest Coast of North America
The Pistol River site, located in the US state of Oregon, was the main village of the Chet‐less‐chundunn‐dunne, a poorly documented Pacific Coast Athapaskan group. Represented at the site are materials dating to the AD 1600S prior to European contact through the nineteenth‐century post‐contact period. In 1854, fifteen women, ten men, eleven boys, and nine girls were living at the site, but two years later, a party of thirty‐four Euroamerican men …
What ancient DNA reveals about the ubiquitous rockfish of the Pacific Coast of North America
Rifts in the Theoretical Landscape of Archaeology in the United States: A Comment on Hegmon and Watkins
Recent papers by Michelle Hegmon (2003) and Joe Watkins (2003) purport to 'map the terrain' of North American archaeology. Yet these two metaphorical maps present very different views of the contours of North American archaeology. Taken together, the two papers highlight problematic divisions between (1) theory and practice in North American archaeology, and (2) academic archaeology and cultural resource management. What are the roles archaeologi…
Evaluating Native American Bird Use and Bird Assemblage Variability along the Oregon Coast
Native American use of birds on the Oregon coast is not well known and has never been synthesized to present a regional understanding. We rectify this by analyzing data from 26 zooarchaeological assemblages, including three previously unpublished bird assemblages: Umpqua/Eden (35DO83), Whale Cove (35LNC60), and the Dunes Site (35CLT27). We employ a series of non-parametric randomization tests to directly evaluate patterns of taxonomic diversity, …
The historical ecology of Pacific herring: Tracing Alaska Native use of a forage fish
Haida and Tlingit Use of Seabirds From the Forrester Islands, Southeast Alaska
This paper presents the results of recent archaeological survey and zooarchaeological studies of five sites located on the Forrester Islands of southeast Alaska, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Even though many Alaska Natives have a long history of hunting migratory birds-including seabirds-use of these resources is not well-documented, at least partly because harvest during the …
Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in America
Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in America. Richard Nelson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 389 pp
The Antiquity of Tlingit Settlement on Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska
A series of 29 radiocarbon dates from 11 sites on Admiralty Island span the last 3,200 calendar years. Although our research corroborates many of the results of de Laguna's (1960) earlier work in the area, we find the Tlingit settlement pattern to be at least 1,600 years old, significantly older than previously believed. Dating of a wooden fish weir demonstrates that mass harvesting of salmon has an antiquity of at least 3,000 years
Shellfish, Gender, and Status on the Northwest Coast: Reconciling Archeological, Ethnographic, and Ethnohistorical Records of the Tlingit
Archeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistorical data provide ambiguous evidence of the dietary and economic importance of shellfish in Northwest Coast cultures. In the case of the Tlingit, I find that understanding shellfish from an emic perspective is critical to reconciling these equivocal data on economic importance. The Tlingit associated shellfish with poverty, laziness, and ritual impurity, and those who sought to be "ideal" persons avoide…
Repatriation and the Smithsonian Institution: Reckoning with the Dead: The Larsen Bay Repatriation and the Smithsonian Institution. Tamara L. Bray and Thomas W. Killion, eds
Reflections on North American Pacific Coast prehistory
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition along the Pacific Coast of North America
Challenge to NAGPRA
Intimate relations with the past: The story of an Athapaskan village on the southern Northwest Coast of North America
The Pistol River site, located in the US state of Oregon, was the main village of the Chet‐less‐chundunn‐dunne, a poorly documented Pacific Coast Athapaskan group. Represented at the site are materials dating to the AD 1600S prior to European contact through the nineteenth‐century post‐contact period. In 1854, fifteen women, ten men, eleven boys, and nine girls were living at the site, but two years later, a party of thirty‐four Euroamerican men …
The Systematic Use of Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeological Surveys in Coastal and Other Erosional Environments
Traditionally, archaeologists have usedl4C dating primarily as a postexcavation analytical tool to establish the age of features, strata, or assemblages. In coastal zones and other environments around the world, however, thousands of archaeological sites are rapidly eroding or endangered by other destructive processes. We believe archaeologists should expand their use ofl4C dating, systematically incorporating it into surveys in coastal, lacustri…
Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in America
Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in America. Richard Nelson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 389 pp
Shellfish Feeders, Carrion Eaters, and the Archaeology of Aquatic Adaptations
Numerous taphonomic studies show that archaeologists should carefully evaluate the origins of faunal remains found in archaeological sites. Although extensive research has been done on natural sources of terrestrial faunal remains in archaeological sites, much less has been devoted to potential sources of aquatic fauna. Hundreds of animal species feed on shellfish, fish, and other aquatic fauna, and many transport food to terrestrial landforms wh…
Evaluating the Economic Significance of Sharks, Skates, and Rays (Elasmobranchs) in Prehistoric Economies
Animal Agency and Coastal Archaeology
Until more archaeologists, not just faunal analysts and taphonomists, recognize the range and variety of animals that can deposit marine or estuarine animal remains into archaeological localities, insufficient research attention will be paid to distinguishing taphonomic agents. As demonstrated elsewhere (Erlandson and Moss 2001), an understanding of the antiquity of coastal adaptations and the nature of marine resource use in certain contexts req…
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The Status of Archaeology and Archaeological Practice in Southeast Alaska in Relation to the Larger Northwest Coast
Southeast Alaska is bounded by British Columbia and Yukon Territory, and most of the region is Tlingit territory. Haida, Tsimshian, and Athapaskans have all played roles in the region's long-term history. Contemporary political boundaries structure current archaeological work because the United States and Canada have different academic traditions, heritage laws, land management practices, research funding agencies, and publication outlets. To wha…
Rifts in the Theoretical Landscape of Archaeology in the United States: A Comment on Hegmon and Watkins
Recent papers by Michelle Hegmon (2003) and Joe Watkins (2003) purport to 'map the terrain' of North American archaeology. Yet these two metaphorical maps present very different views of the contours of North American archaeology. Taken together, the two papers highlight problematic divisions between (1) theory and practice in North American archaeology, and (2) academic archaeology and cultural resource management. What are the roles archaeologi…
An Early Holocene/Late Pleistocene Archaeological Site on the Oregon Coast? Comments on Hall Et Al. (2005)
In the journal Radiocarbon , Hall et al. (2005:383) claim that 35-CS-9, located in Bandon Ocean Wayside State Park on the southern Oregon coast, is one of the few Oregon coast sites “that includes sediments and artifacts dating to the early Holocene and possibly to the late Pleistocene.” Their claim for an early Holocene or late Pleistocene human occupation rests on a single radiocarbon date of 11,000 ± 140 BP (12,710–12,680 cal BP) taken from ch…
Historical Ecology and Biogeography of North Pacific Pinnipeds: Isotopes and Ancient DNA from Three Archaeological Assemblages
Zooarchaeology has the potential to make significant contributions to knowledge of pinniped biogeography of import to both archaeologists and environmental scientists. We analyzed northern fur seal remains found in three archaeological sites located along the outer coast of the Northeast Pacific Ocean: Cape Addington Rockshelter in southeast Alaska, Ts’ishaa on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and the Netarts Sandspit site on the Oregon Coast.…
The Hoko River Archaeological Site Complex: The Rockshelter (45CA21)), 1,000-100 BP . Dale R. Croes
A Giant in the Rainforest: Frederica de Laguna's Contributions to the Anthropology of Southeast Alaska
Frederica de Laguna has influenced the research goals and career trajectories of many anthropologists working in the north. We are two who have worked in southeast Alaska, a region typically studied as part of the Northwest Coast culture area. In addition to numerous articles on the Northwest Coast, de Laguna authored, co-authored and/or edited four important monographs that have become standards of Tlingit archaeology and ethnography. After a br…
Haida and Tlingit Use of Seabirds From the Forrester Islands, Southeast Alaska
This paper presents the results of recent archaeological survey and zooarchaeological studies of five sites located on the Forrester Islands of southeast Alaska, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Even though many Alaska Natives have a long history of hunting migratory birds—including seabirds—use of these resources is not well-documented, at least partly because harvest during the …
Migratory Bird Harvest in Northwestern Alaska: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Ipiutak and Thule Occupations from the Deering Archaeological District
Until 2003, it was illegal to hunt migratory birds in Alaska during the spring and summer. Even though many Alaska Natives have a long history of hunting migratory birds, use of these resources is not well documented. Here we present our preliminary analyses of the bird remains recovered from the Deering Archaeological District (49-KTZ-169), located in Deering, Northwest Alaska. Relatively large bird assemblages from two sites (KTZ-299 and 300) p…
Haida and Tlingit Use of Seabirds From the Forrester Islands, Southeast Alaska
This paper presents the results of recent archaeological survey and zooarchaeological studies of five sites located on the Forrester Islands of southeast Alaska, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Even though many Alaska Natives have a long history of hunting migratory birds-including seabirds-use of these resources is not well-documented, at least partly because harvest during the …
Islands Coming Out of Concealment: Traveling to Haida Gwaii on the Northwest Coast of North America
Haida Gwaii is the most remote island archipelago of the Northwest Coast of North America. During the AD 1700s, the Kaigani Haida migrated from their homeland on Haida Gwaii north to the Prince of Wales Archipelago by canoeing across the open waters of Dixon Entrance. Since First Nations people have lived in this region for over 10,000 years, earlier seafarers made comparable journeys. This paper explores the logistics and oral history of late pr…
Outer Coast Maritime Adaptations in Southern Southeast Alaska: Tlingit or Haida
Langdon (1979) characterized Tlingit and Kaigani Haida resource orientations in southeast Alaska as significantly different from one another. He argued that the Kaigani were better adapted to open, offshore waters and focused on halibut, bottomfish, and dog salmon, selecting their villages near good halibut or cod fishing banks. In contrast, the Tlingit selected more protected estuarine locations adjacent to streams with three or four salmon spec…
Diversity in North Pacific shellfish assemblages: The barnacles of Kit’n’Kaboodle Cave, Alaska
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