Geological and Cultural Context of the Nogahabara I Site

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ID2105350
AuthorsCharles E Holmes (0000-0003-4422-2310, University of Alaska Anchorage), Ben A Potter (0000-0002-4749-0428, University of Alaska Fairbanks), Joshua D Reuther (0000-0002-3877-359X, University of Arizona), Owen K Mason (0000-0003-1558-3184, Alaska Biological Research (United States)), Robert M Thorson (0000-0002-0935-9365, University of Connecticut), Peter M Bowers (0000-0002-4990-7100, University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Year2008
Volume73
Issue4
Pages781-790
Publication date2008-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0002731600047405
OpenAlexW132977143
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited24

Interpretation of the Nogahabara I assemblage as a Late Pleistocene abandoned toolkit rests primarily on the premise of a single brief occupation at the site. The limited contextual data presented do not discount a palimpsest of noncontemporaneous assemblages in secondary contexts associated with a lag deposit. Spatial patterning, lithic assemblage patterning, artifact surface alteration, and disparate radiocarbon dates at the site, as well as geological data from the Nogahabara and nearby Kobuk dunes, indicate that the cultural material was subjected to post-depositional disturbance. Alternate hypotheses of site formation and avenues for testing these hypotheses are considered

Archaeology · Artifact (error · Assemblage (archaeology · Context (archaeology · Geography · Palimpsest · Pleistocene · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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