Anthropology 2231F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Silene Stenophylla, Nenana River, Nenana, Alaska
13 Jul 2012
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Lecture 2 part 2 pre clovis america. Number of sites in siberia that date between 20,000 14,000. Ushki dated to 14,000 bp (pit-houses, burial sites, etc. ) Dyuktai artifacts similar to the earliest sites in alaska: upper paleolithic (important evidence) Blades specialized forms of flakes, remove flakes that are exactly the same shape all around, long, narrow points (at least. 2x long as it is wide), parallel sided, long parallel scars. * all require a great deal of skill* Microblades made from wedge-shaped cores, very small. Alaska: most discoveries found in the past 20-30 years, nenana complex. Based on series of sites in nenana river valley. First site reported in 1973, people still excavating there. 80cm deep into soil, under windblown deposits. Approximately 11,820 11,010 bp (old as or older then. 6 radiocarbon dates on charcoal dates to 11,000 . Very similar artifacts/tools (bifacial, fairly distinctive), definite blade industry, called chindadan points. Also found end-scrapers hide working tools.
