Pleistocene, Holocene and Recent Bird Gastroliths from Interior Alaska
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16865133 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles M Hoskin, R Dale Guthrie, Barry L P Hoffman |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ARCTIC (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0843 • E-ISSN: 1923-1245 |
| Publisher | The Arctic Institute of North America (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14430/arctic3150 |
| OpenAlex | W1964106955 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Describes and discusses the origin of polished and rounded grains of quartz, secondary quartz, and chert from (probably) Holocene loess of Easter Egg Hill near Livengood townsite, peat on the Nenana Road, and redeposited Wisconsin loess from the Eva Creek Mine and Ready Bullion Creek Mine at 64 51 N, 148 02 W. The association of these grains with dull, angular grains of the same materials rules out soil or solifluction abrasion in place. Gizzard-bearing birds such as ptarmigan and grouse in Alaska produce glossy polish on their gizzard stones (gastroliths) comparable to that of the Pleistocene and Holocene gastroliths; the polish and roundness of the stones in living birds are more pronounced in late winter. Because the modal size classes of ancient and Recent polished gastroliths do not coincide, some of the ancient gastroliths are believed to have been produced by birds not now living in interior Alaska
Archaeology · Falcon · Geography · Gizzard · Holocene · Loess · Pleistocene · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Paleontology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2021 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |