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The Contest between the Ipiutak, Old Bering Sea, and Birnirk Polities and the Origin of Whaling during the First Millennium A.D. along Bering Strait

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ID20162900
AuthorsOwen K Mason (0000-0003-1558-3184, University of Alaska Fairbanks, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume17
Issue3
Pages240-325
Publication date1998-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Anthropological Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0278-4165 • E-ISSN: 1090-2686
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1006/jaar.1998.0324
OpenAlexW2018760851
LanguageEN
Citations received70
References cited105

Archaeology · Beringia · Cape · East Asia · Geography · Hunter-gatherer · Midden · Population · Whaling · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Oceanography

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