Paleoecology of the Large-Mammal Community in Interior Alaska during the Late Pleistocene

1968 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 346 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Guthrie
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Interior Alaska ◽  
Mammal Community

Flint Stations in Central Alaska

1948 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivar Skarland ◽  
J . L. Giddings
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Circumstantial Evidence ◽  
Interior Alaska ◽  
Archaeological Work ◽  
Road Work ◽  
The University

Our knowledge of the prehistory of interior Alaska is still very limited. Nearly all archaeological work in the territory has been in the Eskimo and Aleut regions. In the interior planned, systematic surveys have been conducted by Froelich Rainey, Frederica de Laguna, and Frederick Johnson, but most of these deal with relatively recent Athapascan sites. The only definitely pre-Athapascan site is the “Campus site” on the University of Alaska campus.From time to time random specimens are found in connection with road work, farming, and mining. Artifacts discovered in the Tanana Valley muck deposits, often at great depths, suggest, but do not prove, that man was contemporaneous with mammoth and other now extinct animals of the Pleistocene. One specimen found in association with a mastodon jaw, but not actually embedded in the bone, adds to the circumstantial evidence that man was here in the late Pleistocene, if not earlier.

Fire-created habitats support large mammal community in a Mediterranean landscape

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-330
Author(s):  
Anil Soyumert ◽  
Alper Ertürk ◽  
Çağatay Tavşanoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Large Mammal ◽  
Mediterranean Landscape ◽  
Mammal Community

Clovis Hunting Strategies, or How to Make out on Plentiful Resources

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Waguespack ◽  
Todd A. Surovell
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Diet Breadth ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Small Game ◽  
Terrestrial Mammals ◽  
Hunting Strategies ◽  
Alternative Diet

Traditionally, hunter-gatherers of the Clovis period have been characterized as specialized hunters of large terrestrial mammals. Recent critiques have attempted to upend this position both empirically and theoretically, alternatively favoring a more generalized foraging economy. In this paper, the distinction between subsistence specialists and generalists is framed in terms of forager selectivity with regards to hunted prey, following a behavioral ecological framework. Faunal data are compiled from 33 Clovis sites and used to test the two alternative diet-breadth hypotheses. The data support the older “Clovis as specialist” model, although some use of small game is apparent. Furthermore, data from modern hunter-gatherers are marshaled to support the theoretical plausibility of specialized large-mammal hunting across North America during the Late Pleistocene.

Late Pleistocene and Holocene tephrostratigraphy of interior Alaska and Yukon: Key beds and chronologies over the past 30,000 years

2016 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 28-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren J. Davies ◽  
Britta J.L. Jensen ◽  
Duane G. Froese ◽  
Kristi L. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
The Past ◽  
Interior Alaska

Late Pleistocene Settlement in the Nenana Valley, Central Alaska

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Powers ◽  
John F. Hoffecker
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
Alaska Range ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Seasonal Basis

Ongoing research in the Nenana Valley is uncovering a complex record of Late Glacial settlement in the foothills of the Alaska Range. A local eolian sequence provides relatively precise stratigraphic and chronological control, permitting integration with regional paleoclimatic history. Initial occupation seems to have occurred approximately 12,000 years ago, and is represented by several assemblages containing bifacial points. Microblade technology did not appear until ca. 10,500 B.P. The valley probably was exploited on a seasonal basis for large mammal procurement.

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