Coastal paleogeography and human occupation of the Western Alaska Peninsula

Jordan, James W.; Maschner, Herbert D. G.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-6548(200006)15:5<385::aid-gea1>3.0.co;2-1

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“…Peninsula has been the focus of intensive research for nearly 15 years (Maschner 1998, 1999a,b, 2008, Maschner and Reedy-Maschner 1998, 2005, Jordan 2000, Jordan and Maschner 2000, Maschner and Jordan 2001, 2008, Hoffman 2002, Maschner and Bentley 2003, Maschner and Hoffman 2003). When these data are combined with previous studies from the region (Weyer 1930, Workman 1966, McCartney 1969, Okada 1980, Yesner 1985, Johnson 1988, Johnson and Winslow 1991, Holland 1992, Johnson and Wilmerding 2001, a rather complete regional overview is possible.…”

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An Introduction to the Biocomplexity of Sanak Island, Western Gulf of Alaska

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The Sanak Biocomplexity Project is a transdisciplinary research effort focused on a small island archipelago 50 km south of the Alaska Peninsula in the western Gulf of Alaska. This team of archaeologists, terrestrial ecologists, social anthropologists, intertidal ecologists, geologists, oceanographers, paleoecologists, and modelers is seeking to understanding the role of the ancient, historic, and modern Aleut in the structure and functioning of local and regional ecosystems. Using techniques ranging from systematic surveys to stable isotope chemistry, long-term shifts in social dynamics and ecosystem structure are present in the context of changing climatic regimes and human impacts. This paper presents a summary of a range of our preliminary findings.

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“…If successful, such an approach would be useful in a number of different contexts, including those that characterize the study area; the region is remote, the field season is short (May through August), and sites are often difficult to locate. For example, in the Aleutians, while some sites have observable and visibly distinct features such as house and storage pits, many others are less apparent e obscured by post-occupational soil development, sometimes up to several meters in depth, and other processes (Jordan and Maschner, 2000). Exploratory test pits every few meters in such conditions are not always feasible or affordable and often yield limited data.…”

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Reconstructing site organization in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska using multi-element chemical analysis of soils

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Maschner

2011

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…The diversity of the Aleutian islands and Lower Alaska Peninsula geography, even at fine scales, is complex [Jordan and Maschner 2000], with large mountains, low valleys, volcanic peaks, and shorelines that range from rocky cliff to smooth sand. This makes visualization with 2D mapping difficult, and makes the manual digitization of the elevation data extremely time-consuming.…”

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The Integration of Digital Terrain Visualization in Ethnography: The Historic Village of Belkofski, Alaska

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New advances in spatial technology enable ethnographic data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to be integrated in innovative ways. These include mapping and virtual reconstruction of buildings no longer standing, of routes used for transportation and hunting, and other spatial ethnographic data, visualized in three dimensions (3D). Representation in 3D allows for a more complete understanding of landscape relationships, and can be used as a learning tool to convey information quickly. This article applies these techniques to the reconstruction of the now-abandoned village of Belkofski, Alaska, for presentation in a video ethnography produced by the Aleutian Pribilof Island Association in coordination with the Belkofski Tribe.SEAN MACK is an Aleut tribal member born in King Cove, Alaska. He received his B.A. majoring in History and Anthropology from the University of Washington and his M.S. in Anthropology and a post-baccalaureat certificate in geotechnology from Idaho State University. He is currently the Geospatial Analyst for the Geographic Information Network of Alaska based at

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Coastal paleogeography and human occupation of the Western Alaska Peninsula

Cited by 21 publications

References 39 publications

An Introduction to the Biocomplexity of Sanak Island, Western Gulf of Alaska

An Introduction to the Biocomplexity of Sanak Island, Western Gulf of Alaska

Reconstructing site organization in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska using multi-element chemical analysis of soils

The Integration of Digital Terrain Visualization in Ethnography: The Historic Village of Belkofski, Alaska

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