A Contribution to the Archaeology of the Upper Kuskokwim

1956 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlene Craft Lefebre

The Department of Anthropology of the University of Alaska has for many years solicited information concerning archaeological sites in Athabaskan as well as Eskimo territory from trappers, prospectors, casual travelers, and residents. One of the more likely reports, received from B. A. Stone of Medfra, Alaska, concerned the Lake Telida region. Lake Telida is located about 1/2 mile from the McKinley Fork, called the Tatlathno River in early accounts (Herron 1901), of the Upper Kuskokwim drainage. It is about 100 miles southwest of Lake Minchumina and is northwest of Mt. McKinley National Park (see Fig. 82).During the summer of 1949 2 students of the University of Alaska, Leona Neubarth Lowery and George Schumann, and the author conducted a field trip into this area. This trip was made possible by the author's appointment to the Margaret Snell Graduate Fellowship of the American Association of University Women, to which I should like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude.


Author(s):  
Melissa Connor

The Jackson Lake Archaeological Project completed its 5th and final field season in late October, 1988. While the current drought caused many problems, the lowered water levels in Jackson Lake allowed more archaeological work to be accomplished than imagined at the inception of the project in 1984. Funded by the Bureau of Reclamation, the work was completed by crews from the Midwest Archaeological Center of the National Park Service. During the project, 109 archaeological sites were recorded. This is the highest density of sites in any area in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone area and is presently reshaping the thinking of archaeologists about the importance of this area in prehistoric times. The materials found range in time from Paleo-Indian materials (ca. 11,000 - 9,000 years before present) to a historic trapper/hunter cabin (ca. A.D. 1875-1910). Much of the prehistoric material is badly disturbed by wave action due to the reservoir. However, survey, testing, and excavation by the Park Service crews, study of the landforms by U.S. Geological Survey geologist Dr. Ken Pierce, and backhoe trenching by the University of Wyoming succeeded in defining a significant amount of information.



2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ani Eblighatian

The paper is an off-shoot of the author's PhD project on lamps from Roman Syria (at the University of Geneva in Switzerland), centered mainly on the collection preserved at the Art Museum of Princeton University in the United States. One of the outcomes of the research is a review of parallels from archaeological sites and museum collections and despite the incomplete documentation i most cases, much new insight could be gleaned, for the author's doctoral research and for other issues related to lychnological studies. The present paper collects the data on oil lamps from byzantine layers excavated in 1932–1939 at Antioch-on-the-Orontes and at sites in its vicinity (published only in part so far) and considers the finds in their archaeological context.



GEOgraphia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (41) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Gustavo Souza Valladares ◽  
Cláudia Maria Sabóia de Aquino ◽  
Renê Pedro de Aquino ◽  
Raphael Moreira Beirigo

Resumo: O Parque Nacional da Serra da Capivara (PNSC) tem alguns dos sítios arqueológicos mais importantes das Américas. A área onde os solos foram amostrados corresponde ao Parque Nacional da Serra da Capivara (PNSC) e uma área tampão de 10km no entorno de seus limites oficiais, no sudeste do Piauí. Para a elaboração do presente trabalho foram selecionados solos considerados frágeis, devido ao alto risco de degradação por erosão, formados de diferentes materiais geológicos representativos do PNSC. Todos os solos estudados são pouco evoluídos, com desenvolvimento pedogenético ainda incipiente, e enquadram-se nas ordens dos Neossolos ou Cambissolos. O bioma representativo da área de estudo é a caatinga, que pela vegetação com pouca biomassa e características decíduas confere pouca cobertura aos solos, aumentando a susceptibilidade dos mesmos à erosão. Foram coletados sete perfis de solos, em diferentes posições na paisagem e formados de materiais de origem. As amostras foram secas ao ar e analisados atributos químicos e granulométricos. Os solos estudados apresentam grandes variações em seus atributos morfológicos, químicos e granulométricos, reflexo dos diferentes materiais de origem. A fragilidade em quase todos os perfis é reflexo da incipiência dos solos, representada pelo baixo grau de agregação e coesão entre as partículas, pequena profundidade e o fator de formação relevo induz na maior erosão de cinco dos sete perfis estudados. Os solos frágeis do PNSC necessitam de cuidados especiais quanto ao manejo, pois alguns deles, principalmente os originários de rochas pelíticas da Formação Pimenteiras, encontram-se em forte processo de degradação, em muitas áreas com as rochas expostas. Palavras-chave: Conservação do solo. Classificação de solos. Degradação ambiental. Semiárido tropical. FRAGILE SOILS OF SERRA DA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK, PIAUÍ Abstract: The Serra da Capivara National Park (PNSC) are some of the most important archaeological sites in the Americas. The area where the soils were sampled corresponds to the PNSC and a buffer area of 10km around of its official limits in southeastern of Piauí. For this work were considered fragile soils, due to the high risk of degradation by erosion, formed in different geological materials representative of PNSC. All soils are poorly evolved, with pedogenic development incipient fall in orders of Entisols or Inceptisols. The representative of the study area biome is the caatinga, which vegetation with little biomass and deciduous characteristics, gives little coverage to the soil, increasing susceptibility to erosion. Seven soil profiles were collected at different positions and mother rocks. The soils were classified according to the Brazilian System of Soil Classification (SiBCS). The samples were air dried and analyzed the chemical attributes and texture. The soils vary widely in their morphological, chemical and grain size, reflecting the different source material attributes. The weakness in nearly all profiles reflects the incipient soil, represented by a low degree of aggregation and cohesion between the particles of soil and small depth of relief factor induces the formation of further erosion profiles 5 of the 7 studied. Fragile soils of PNSC require special care in the mangement, because some soils, especially those originating from pelitic rocks by Pimenteiras Formation, are in strong degradation process in many areas with exposed rocks. Keywords: Soil conservation. Soil classification. Environmental degradation. Tropical semiarid. SUELOS FRÁGILES DEL PARQUE NACIONAL DE LA SIERRA DE CAPYBARA, PIAUÍ Resumen: El Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Capybara (PNSC) tiene algunos de los sitios arqueológicos más importantes de las Américas. El área donde los suelos fueron muestreados corresponde al PNSC y un área tampón de 10km en el entorno de sus límites oficiales, en el sureste del Piauí. Para la elaboración del presente trabajo se seleccionaron suelos considerados frágiles, debido al alto riesgo de degradación por erosión, formados de diferentes materiales geológicos representativos del PNSC. Todos los suelos estudiados son poco evolucionados, con desarrollo pedogenético aún incipiente, y se encuadran en las órdenes de los Neossolos o Cambissolos (en portugués). El bioma representativo del área de estudio es la caatinga, que por la vegetación con poca biomasa y características deciduas, confiere poca cobertura a los suelos, aumentando la susceptibilidad de los mismos a la erosión. Se recogieron muestras de siete perfiles de suelos, en diferentes posiciones en el paisaje y formados de materiales geológicos distintos. Las muestras fueron secas al aire y analizados los atributos químicos y granulométricos. Los suelos estudiados presentan grandes variaciones en sus atributos morfológicos, químicos y granulométricos, reflejo de los diferentes materiales de origen. La fragilidad en casi todos los perfiles es reflejo de la incipiente de los suelos, representada por el bajo grado de agregación y cohesión entre las partículas, pequeña profundidad y el factor de formación relieve induce en la mayor erosión de cinco de los siete perfiles estudiados. Los suelos frágiles del PNSC necesitan cuidados especiales en cuanto al manejo, pues algunos de ellos, principalmente los originarios de rocas pelíticas de la Formación Pimenteiras, se encuentran en fuerte proceso de degradación, en muchas áreas con las rocas expuestas. Palabras clave: Conservación del suelo. Clasificación de suelos. Degradación ambiental. Semiárido tropical.



1978 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-71
Author(s):  
John Heins

This represents an extract from the handwritten minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the American Association of Public Accountants, Monday, May 27, 1889. The extract is the Report of the President John Heins. This version, in typewritten form came to the attention of researchers at the University of Florida in 1971.





Koedoe ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Plug

Faunal remains obtained from archaeological sites in the Kruger National Park, provide valuable information on the distributions of animal species in the past. The relative abundances of some species are compared with animal population statistics of the present. The study of the faunal samples, which date from nearly 7 000 years before present until the nineteenth century, also provides insight into climatic conditions during prehistoric times.



Author(s):  
David Harwood ◽  
Kyle Thompson

Eight in-service teachers, one pre-service education student, three observers from other universities, and two instructors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln engaged in an inquiry-based geology field course from June 13 to 28, 2015 through Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska. This commnity of learners spent three days working in the Grand Teton National Park area. Geological features and history present in Grand Teton National Park are an important part of the course curriculum. Large-scale extensional features of the Teton Range and Jackson Hole, and the glacial geomorphology and related climate changes of this area are some of the unique features examined here.



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