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Lithic Technological Organization At A 2200 Bp Mound On The Outer Shumagin Islands, Alaska, Xsi-00007, Hollis Reddington
Lithic Technological Organization At A 2200 Bp Mound On The Outer Shumagin Islands, Alaska, Xsi-00007, Hollis Reddington
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XSI-00007 is on Chernabura Spit on Chernabura Island, in the outer Shumagin Islands, Alaska. It is the final stop in an archipelago that reaches into the Pacific Ocean and is on the border of three distinct archaeological material culture traditions. The shell mound dates between c. 3000 and 1400 BP, although the materials analyzed here primarily belong to the period between c. 2300 and 1900 BP. This analysis describes the morphology of 599 lithic artifacts to situate the site in its cultural-historical context. It also describes tool features and the platform characteristics, surface areas, and dorsal scar counts of 12,555 …