Encyclopedia of Prehistory

by Peregrine, Peter N.; Ember, Melvin

• ISBN13: 9780306462566
• ISBN10: 0306462567
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

The Encyclopedia of Prehistory , with regionally organized entries on each major archaeological tradition, is a comprehensive overview of human history from two million years ago to the historic period. Prepared under the auspices and with the support of the Human Relations Area Files, and an internationally distinguished advisory board, the encyclopedia is written by noted experts in the field and edited by Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember. These volumes employ comparable units of description and analysis, making them easy to use and compare. Volume 2 focuses on the Arctic and Subarctic .

Table of Contents

Aleutian	1	(14)
Allen McCartney
Douglas Veltre
Subtraditions: Central Aleutian	4	(2)
Eastern Aleutian	6	(1)
Western Aleutian	7	(2)
Sites: Agattu	9	(1)
Amaknak D	9	(1)
Chaluka	10	(1)
Chulka	10	(1)
Korovinski	11	(1)
Reese Bay	12	(1)
Sandy Beach Bay	12	(2)
Amur Neolithic and Bronze Age	14	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Amur Paleolithic	16	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Cis-Baikal Neolithic and Bronze Age	18	(5)
David Link
Andrzej Weber
Dorset	23	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Early Northwest Coast	25	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Eastern Arctic Small Tool	27	(19)
Robert Park
Subtraditions: Independence I	31	(3)
Pre-Dorset	34	(3)
Saqqaq	37	(2)
Sites: Bettison Point	39	(1)
Deltaterrasserne	40	(1)
Kapuivik	41	(1)
Port Refuge	42	(1)
Qeqertasussuk	43	(1)
Umingmak	44	(2)
Holocene Stone Age of Northeastern Asia	46	(13)
Vladimir Pitulko
Subtraditions: Bel'kachi	49	(2)
Sumnagin	51	(1)
Syalakh	52	(2)
Ymyyakhtakh	54	(2)
Sites: Chertov Ovrag	56	(1)
Zhokhov	57	(2)
Initial Shield Woodland	59	(10)
Ronald J. Mason
Sites: Ballynacree	65	(1)
Heron Bay	65	(1)
McKinstry Mound I	66	(1)
Naomikong Point	67	(2)
Kamchatka Mesolithic	69	(2)
Sergi Slobodin
Kodiak	71	(16)
Donald Clark
Subtraditions: Kachemak	79	(3)
Sites: Palugvik	82	(1)
Uyak	83	(2)
Yukon Island	85	(2)
Late Northwest Coast	87	(24)
Andrew R.C. Martindale
Subtraditions: Central Northwest Coast	94	(4)
Northern Northwest Coast	98	(3)
Southern Northwest Coast	101	(4)
Ozette	105	(2)
Point St. George	107	(4)
Late Tundra	111	(5)
Robert E. Ackerman
Middle Northwest Coast	116	(11)
Gary Coupland
Subtraditions: Central Northwest Coast	120	(2)
Northern Northwest Coast	122	(3)
Sites: Crescent Beach	125	(1)
Paul Mason	125	(2)
Northern Archaic	127	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Northwest Microblade	129	(6)
Donald Clark
Subtraditions: Little Arm Phase	133	(2)
Norton	135	(17)
Don Dumond
Subtraditions: Choris	138	(1)
Ipiutak	139	(3)
Norton	142	(2)
Sites: Brooks River	144	(1)
Cape Krusenstern	145	(1)
Cape Nome	146	(1)
Choris Peninsula	147	(1)
Iyatatyet	148	(1)
Onion Portage	149	(1)
Point Hope	150	(2)
Ocean Bay	152	(13)
Donald Clark
Subtraditions: Inland Alaska Peninsula	156	(1)
Kachemak Bay	157	(1)
Ocean Bay I and II	158	(2)
Sites: Afognak Slate	160	(1)
Hook Point	161	(1)
Pedro Bay	161	(1)
Rice Ridge	162	(1)
Sitkalidak Roadcut	162	(1)
Takli	163	(2)
Old Itel'men	165	(2)
Sergi Slobodin
Paleo-Arctic	167	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Proto-Athapaskan	169	(10)
Donald Clark
Subtraditions: Talthelilei	174	(1)
Yukon Dene	175	(4)
Shield Archaic	179	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Siberian Early Upper Paleolithic	181	(5)
Ted Goebel
Sites: Kara-Bom	183	(1)
Tolbaga	184	(2)
Siberian Late Upper Paleolithic	186	(6)
Ted Goebel
Sites: Chernoozer'e	188	(1)
Kokorevo	189	(1)
Studenoe	190	(2)
Siberian Middle Upper Paleolithic	192	(5)
Ted Goebel
Site: Mal'ta	195	(2)
Siberian Mousterian	197	(4)
Ted Goebel
Site: Okladnikov Cave	199	(2)
Siberian Neolithic and Bronze Age	201	(2)
Ted Goebel
Peter N. Peregrine
Siberian Protohistoric	203	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Tarya Neolithic	205	(3)
Sergi Slobodin
Thule	208	(5)
Robert E. Ackerman
Western Arctic Small Tool	213	(12)
Don Dumond
Subtraditions: Denbigh Flint	215	(2)
Southern Small Tool	217	(1)
Sites: Brooks River	218	(1)
Cape Krusenstern	219	(1)
Iyatayetl	220	(1)
Kuzitrin Lake	221	(1)
Mosquito Lake	222	(1)
Onion Portage	222	(1)
Punyik Point	223	(2)
Index	225