RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Revised Radiocarbon Sequence for Karluk-1 and the Implications for Kodiak Island Prehistory
JF Arctic Anthropology
JO Arctic Anthropol
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 80
OP 92
DO 10.1353/arc.2011.0111
VO 48
IS 1
A1 Catherine F. West
YR 2011
UL http://aa.uwpress.org/content/48/1/80.abstract
AB The Karluk-1 site has played a central role in defining the late prehistory of the Kodiak archipelago, in particular the Koniag tradition and its genesis. As part of the Bryn Mawr College Karluk Archaeology Project, Richard Jordan and Richard Knecht excavated the site in the 1980s and obtained six radiocarbon dates. Here, I add 21 new dates for the Karluk-1 site, which suggest that the site was occupied approximately 250–300 years later than previously thought. These new dates help to refine our understanding of Karluk’s place in prehistory and raise questions about the role of the Little Ice Age in driving cultural changes observed at Karluk-1.