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Book Synopsis Investigating Ancient Bison Migration in Alaska by : Juliette Marie Funck
Download or read book Investigating Ancient Bison Migration in Alaska written by Juliette Marie Funck and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once abundant in the Arctic, bison (Bison bison) declined almost to extinction in the North but have subsequently been reintroduced into Alaska. The predecessors of these modern bison were the ancient steppe bison (Bison priscus), which were abundant throughout the Northern Hemisphere before their extinction during the Holocene. This thesis investigates the ecology and landscape-use of both the present-day wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) and the ancient steppe bison in Alaska using stable isotopes, among other methods. The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions of animal tissues are traditionally used to investigate diet. However, this thesis uses the isotope composition of tail hairs from present day wood bison as a proxy for their nutritional stress. Nutritional stress of some wood bison appears to be influenced not only by food shortage during hard seasons, but also due to long-distance mobility. This insight provides a key to understanding the challenges of reintroduction of the species into Alaska today, and can also be applied to understand the nutritional stress and cost of dispersal by ancient animals. Whereas the mobility of present-day bison can be tracked using sophisticated satellite tracking technologies, studies of the paleo-mobility of ancient bison rely on isotopic markers such as strontium and oxygen isotope ratios preserved in their teeth. To aid this approach using isotopic geolocation, this thesis creates a map of bioavailable strontium modeled and based on strontium isotope composition of present-day rodent teeth from across Alaska. It then compares this map, together with an existing oxygen isotope map of precipitation in Alaska, with the strontium and oxygen isotopes preserved in a suite of ancient bison from Northern Alaska. This comparison brings to light some of the major habitation regions used by Bison on the North Slope of Alaska over the last ~50,000 years. Finally, these findings subsequently contribute to a detailed paleoecological investigation of a mostly articulated and complete ancient steppe bison found on the North Slope of Alaska. This final study reveals the life-history of an individual bison that dispersed from the coastal plain to the foothills of the Brooks Range early in his life, and shows that the trip was nutritionally costly. This information is combined with a suite of other paleoecological methods to provide a vivid life history of this ancient bison. We introduce new methodologies for studying these ancient animals that seek to bridge the gap between how we study present-day and the past.
Download or read book Blue Babe written by Mary Lee Guthrie and published by Alaska Ua Museum. This book was released on 1988 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a scientific manuscript, this popular account, describes the discovery, excavation, scientific investigation and mounting for display of North Americas first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison (Blue Babe) found in 1979 near Fairbanks Alaska. Description of other Pleistocene animals and fossils is also provided.
Book Synopsis A Reconstruction of Steppe Bison Mobility in the Yukon-Tanana Uplands and Implications for Prehistoric Human Behavior by : Crystal L. Glassburn
Download or read book A Reconstruction of Steppe Bison Mobility in the Yukon-Tanana Uplands and Implications for Prehistoric Human Behavior written by Crystal L. Glassburn and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study seeks to characterize steppe bison (Bison priscus) behavioral ecology in interior Alaska during the Pleistocene for the purpose of understanding how bison may have moved about the landscape on a seasonal basis and how this behavior could have influenced prehistoric human settlement and subsistence patterns. Steppe bison were present in Alaska and other circumpolar regions during the Pleistocene but became extinct during the late Holocene. Archaeological evidence from the Tanana River Basin in interior Alaska indicates that bison were an important component of human subsistence economies for at least 10,000 years, but aspects of steppe bison behavioral ecology including location of habitat area, seasonal movement patterns, and responses to environmental change remain largely unexplored in Alaskan archaeology or paleoecology. This study applies strontium, oxygen, and carbon isotopic analyses to 14 sequentially-sampled and AMS radiocarbon dated steppe bison teeth from two locales in the Yukon-Tanana Uplands in order to reconstruct steppe bison behavior on a seasonal basis. This study is the first of its kind for any prehistoric species in Alaska, and the results indicate that steppe bison did not migrate great distances, but instead, moved between different ecotones seasonally, spending summers in higher elevation regions and winters in lower elevation regions. The results also indicate that steppe bison had greater mobility during periods of warmer climate, including Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3) and during the Late Pleistocene. Bison would have represented a large-bodied and predictable source of food for prehistoric peoples, and these results suggest that human landuse patterns likely incorporated the use of upland regions during the summer and fall, and lowland regions during the winter and early spring. Additionally, the results suggest that bison movement on the landscape would have been more predictable during the Late Pleistocene than during the Holocene. As such, settlement and subsistence patterns may have shifted from a more residentially-organized pattern during the Late Pleistocene to greater logistical mobility during the Holocene as bison population became more mobile.
Book Synopsis Archaeological Investigations in the Aleutian Islands by : Waldemar Jochelson
Download or read book Archaeological Investigations in the Aleutian Islands written by Waldemar Jochelson and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis North Pacific Environment and Paleoclimate from the Late Pleistocene to Present by : Miriam Jones
Download or read book North Pacific Environment and Paleoclimate from the Late Pleistocene to Present written by Miriam Jones and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast area of the North Pacific, spanning ~55˚ longitude, represents a challenge for documenting and understanding the geologic history of ocean, atmosphere, and terrestrial environmental change. Nevertheless, its importance for many issues, including our fundamental understanding of ocean and atmospheric circulation patterns and teleconnections with natural modes of climate variability through time, has led to a steady rise in the numbers of study sites and proxy types. By bringing together a wide range of proxies and timescales that examine the impacts of paleoclimate on ecosystems, water, carbon, and humans, and interactions between marine and terrestrial processes, this Research Topic contributes to an improved understanding of the region’s significance at global, hemispheric, and regional scales.
Book Synopsis Journal of Northwest Anthropology by : Darby C. Stapp
Download or read book Journal of Northwest Anthropology written by Darby C. Stapp and published by Northwest Anthropology. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JONA Volume 51 Number 1 - Spring 2017 Engendering the Past: The Status of Gender and Feminist Approaches to Archaeology in the Pacific Northwest and Future Directions - Tiffany J. Fulkerson Chemical Sourcing of Obsidian Artifacts from the Grissom Site (45-KT-301) to Study Source Variability - Anne B. Parfitt and Patrick T. McCutcheon Exploratory Analysis and Significance Testing of the Nez Perce Settlement Patterns Model - Lyle D. Nakonechny Ancient Artifact or New Age Totem: Analysis of a Carved Sacrum from the Oregon Coast - Dennis G. Griffin Changes in Middle Holocene Shellfish Harvesting Practices: Evidence from Labouchere Bay (49-PET-476), Southeast Alaska - Mark R. Williams
Book Synopsis archaeological investigations in kamchatka by : waldemar jochelson
Download or read book archaeological investigations in kamchatka written by waldemar jochelson and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Federal Archeology Program by : Archeology and Ethnography Program (U.S.)
Download or read book Federal Archeology Program written by Archeology and Ethnography Program (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Examination of Prehistoric Copper Technology and Copper Sources in Western Arctic and Subarctic North America by : U. M. Franklin
Download or read book Examination of Prehistoric Copper Technology and Copper Sources in Western Arctic and Subarctic North America written by U. M. Franklin and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The results of investigations of copper technology and sources of copper of the prehistoric inhabitants of the North American Arctic and Subarctic are described. A total of 342 artifacts were examined from Arctic Small Tool tradition, Thule, Historic Eskimo, Chipewyan, Kutchin, and Ahtna contexts. Part 1 contains an analysis of copper composition, primarily by the neutron activation method, and a description of prehistoric manufacturing techniques. Part II is an annotated bibliography of metal occurrences in the north.
Book Synopsis Athapaskan Migrations by : R. G. Matson
Download or read book Athapaskan Migrations written by R. G. Matson and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migration as an instrument of cultural change is an undeniable feature of the archaeological record. Yet reliable methods of identifying migration are not always accessible. In Athapaskan Migrations, authors R. G. Matson and Martin P. R. Magne use a variety of methods to identify and describe the arrival of the Athapaskan-speaking Chilcotin Indians in west central British Columbia. By contrasting two similar geographic areas—using the parallel direct historical approach—the authors define this aspect of Athapaskan culture. They present a sophisticated model of Northern Athapaskan migrations based on extensive archaeological, ethnographic, and dendrochronological research. A synthesis of 25 years of work, Athapaskan Migrations includes detailed accounts of field research in which the authors emphasize ethnic group identification, settlement patterns, lithic analysis, dendrochronology, and radiocarbon dating. Their theoretical approach will provide a blueprint for others wishing to establish the ethnic identity of archaeological materials. Chapter topics include basic methodology and project history; settlement patterns and investigation of both the Plateau Pithouse and British Columbia Athapaskan Traditions; regional surveys and settlement patterns; excavated Plateau Pithouse Tradition and Athapaskan sites and their dating; ethnic identification of recovered material; the Chilcotin migration in the context of the greater Pacific Athapaskan, Navajo, and Apache migrations; and summaries and results of the excavations. The text is abundantly illustrated with more than 70 figures and includes access to convenient online appendixes. This substantial work will be of special importance to archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists, and scholars in Athapaskan studies and Canadian First Nation studies.
Download or read book American Buffalo written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cold Trail written by Ric Daly and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A team of scientists had a plan to study a creature that had been extinct for well over a million years. Or so it was thought. What they found was a nightmare—one in which they found themselves facing a mysterious and dangerous being, an ancient creature existing in a modern world to which it did not belong. They were left examining their faith and its interaction with what science thought it knew. In Cold Trail, our team of anthropologists continue their research into the mysterious beings and find themselves thrust into a much more recent mystery—a modern murder. They also uncover much evidence of the presence of the mysterious hominids, but no proof. They were first confronted by these creatures in the African Rift Valley, found the connection to the cryptohominids around Willow Creek, and are tracking them now in Alaska, where they also have to sort out the creatures’ behaviors from those of a modern-day killer. Now it’s twice the mystery, with even more questions lurking in the shadows. The old man thought for a moment. “I don’t believe or not believe. I have never seen him. But if someone has seen something that I have not, how can I say it wasn’t there? If I don’t see something, that is not proof that it does not exist.” He studied Wil for a few moments, almost as if looking into his soul. Wil felt the old man’s mind reaching in, strangling the turmoil with which he’d wrestled these past four years. It felt like the old man was speaking directly to him, and he wondered just what he himself really believed. Sam paused again, looked at Officer Sterns, and asked, “But you’re a policeman. Why is a policeman seeking a legend?”
Book Synopsis Ancient Peoples and Landscapes by : Eileen McAllister Johnson
Download or read book Ancient Peoples and Landscapes written by Eileen McAllister Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steinzeit - Altsteinzeit.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic by : T. Max Friesen
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic written by T. Max Friesen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 1001 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its extreme climate, the North American Arctic holds a complex archaeological record of global significance. In this volume, leading researchers provide comprehensive coverage of the region's cultural history, addressing issues as diverse as climate change impacts on human societies, European colonial expansion, and hunter-gatherer adaptations and social organization.
Book Synopsis Arctic Research of the United States by :
Download or read book Arctic Research of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cimarrón and Philmont by : Randall M. MacDonald
Download or read book Cimarrón and Philmont written by Randall M. MacDonald and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated where the High Plains meet the Rocky Mountains and where the Santa Fe Trail crosses the Cimarron River, the village of Cimarrón has a richly varied history. Spectacular rock columns, thick seams of coal, dinosaur footprints, pit houses, and petroglyphs echo an early geologic and human presence. Spanish explorers encountered area Native American settlements in the 1700s, and by the 1820s, mountain men roamed these Rockies while eastern merchants followed Indian trails to Santa Fe. By the 1860s, Cimarrón was the headquarters of a vast Mexican land grant managed by Lucien Maxwell and Kit Carson. A gristmill supplied local soldiers and Indians, and the discovery of gold attracted thousands. The Colfax County War erupted after speculators purchased the grant in 1870. When the railroad arrived in 1906, a "New Town" was built on the north side of the river. Today, through tourism and the Philmont Scout Ranch, the Cimarrón area offers a unique window into the history and growth of the West.
Book Synopsis Washout by : Brian Willard David Yorga
Download or read book Washout written by Brian Willard David Yorga and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations at the Washout site (NjVi-2), Herschel Island, Yukon Territory were conducted for two field seasons in order to obtain data on early Thule subsistence, and to determine the affinity of the site to later Mackenzie Inuit occupations.
