Prologue to the Prehistory of the Lower Alaska Peninsula

Five years of research by the Lower Alaska Peninsula Project (LAPP) has resulted in a nearly complete survey of the lower Alaska Peninsula region. A preliminary regional chronology for the area and a description of the radiocarbon sequence are presented. The phases of the regional prehistory are des...

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Published in:Arctic anthropology 1999-01, Vol.36 (1/2), p.84-102
Main Author: Maschner, Herbert D. G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
America and Arctic regions
Arctic regions
Excavations
Lagoons
Paleoanthropology
Prehistory
Prehistory and protohistory
Radiocarbon
Salmon
Seas
Slates
Villages
Whales
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Summary:Five years of research by the Lower Alaska Peninsula Project (LAPP) has resulted in a nearly complete survey of the lower Alaska Peninsula region. A preliminary regional chronology for the area and a description of the radiocarbon sequence are presented. The phases of the regional prehistory are described in the context of the radiocarbon chronology and in light of changes in house form, village size, and landscape use. The first villages formed before 3000 BC. For the next 5000 years, there were substantial shifts in both the size of villages and in the size of houses. These changes correspond with changes in the regional social and environmental landscape. While preliminary at best, this chronology provides a working framework for continued research on the lower Alaska Peninsula.
ISSN:0066-6939
1933-8139