Swan Point Archaeological Site
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Swan Point Archeological Site | |
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Excavation takes place at Swan Point | |
| Nearest city | Big Delta, Alaska |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP Reference # | 08000929[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 26, 2008 |
The Swan Point Archeological Site is located in eastern central Alaska, in the Tanana River watershed. It is one of a collection of sites in the area that have yielded the oldest evidence of human habitation in the state, and provide the only evidence to date of megafauna no longer found in Alaska, including extinct varieties of wapiti (elk), bison, and mammoth. Finds colocated with human artifacts at the site have given radiocarbon dates of 14,000 years, indicating the site was occupied around 12,000 BCE.[2]
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Holmes, Charles (2001). "Tanana River Valley Archaeology circa 14,000 to 9000 B.P.". Arctic Anthropology (Volume 38, No. 2): 154–170. JSTOR 40316728.
Bibliography
- Holmes, Charles E. 2011. The Beringian and Transitional Periods in Alaska: Technology of the East Beringian Tradition as Viewed from Swan Point. In From the Yensei to the Yukon: Interpreting Lithic Assemblages Variability in Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Beringia, edited by T. Goebel and Ian Buvit, pp. 179-191. Texas A&M University Press, College Station.
- Kedrowski, B.L., B.A. Crass, J.A. Behm, J.C. Luetke, A.L. Nichols, A.M. Moreck,and C.E. Holmes 2009. GC/MS Analysis of Fatty Acids from Ancient Hearth Residues at the Swan Point Archaeological Site. Archaeometry 51(1):110-122. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00384.x
- Hirasawa, Yu and Charles Holmes 2015. Microblade Production Technology at Swan Point from the Terminal Pleistocene to the Middle Holocene. Paper presented at 42nd Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropology Association, March 4-7, Anchorage, Alaska.
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