Taphonomy and Archaeology in the Upper Pleistocene of the Northern Yukon Territory
A Glimpse of the Peopling of the New World
- Publisher
- Canadian Museum of History
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1980
- Category
- Archaeology
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- ISBN
- 9781772820898
- Publish Date
- Jan 1980
- List Price
- $15.99
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The concept of taphonomy has been borrowed from paleontology and applied to the analysis of vertebrate fossils from the Old Crow region of the northern Yukon Territory. By means of this approach, archaeologically significant specimens have been isolated from the larger suite of materials which can be explained entirely in terms of natural processes. The analysis indicates that human occupation began in eastern Beringia more than 50,000 years ago and probably was continuous from that time onward, but primary archaeological deposits will be needed to clarify the historical and paleo-environmental significance of these finds.
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