Archéologie du Cap Espenberg où la question du Birnirk et de l’origine du Thulé dans le nord-ouest de l’Alaska
Cape Espenberg is a sandy spit on the Chukchi Sea coast in northwestern Alaska, containing the remains of 4000 years of human occupation and climatic change. Archaeological and paleo-ecological research since 2009 as part of a large pluridisciplinary project provides new data on settlement chronolog...
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| author | Claire Alix Owen K. Mason Nancy H. Bigelow Shelby L. Anderson Jeffrey Rasic John F. Hoffecker |
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| description | Cape Espenberg is a sandy spit on the Chukchi Sea coast in northwestern Alaska, containing the remains of 4000 years of human occupation and climatic change. Archaeological and paleo-ecological research since 2009 as part of a large pluridisciplinary project provides new data on settlement chronology for the last thousand year of occupation and documents the emergence of the Thule culture which is directly ancestral to today’s Inuit/Inupiat in a context of increased storminess during the Little Ice Age. At the same time, this research raises the question of the nature of the Birnirk occupation identified on the low E-6 dune ridge, site KTZ-304, an archaeological complex which contributes to the emergence of the Thule culture between the 12th and 13th AD. This Birnirk mound at Cape Espenberg resembles in many aspects the type side named Birnirk in north Alaska (Barrow region). The excavation of house F12 uncovered a multi-room structure with overlain occupation levels and produced a collection of remains showing real architectural differences, signs of long distance raw material and object circulation and of mobility. All these elements suggest newcomers possibly of Chukotka origin and provides the opportunity to revisit an old research question in Arctic archaeology, that of the origin of Birnirk culture on the Alaska coast. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55835ad5b12a4df8ae0d572bed3bf7eb2022-12-21T18:37:16ZfraEditions de la Maison des Sciences de l'HommeLes Nouvelles de l’Archéologie0242-77022425-19412015-09-01141131910.4000/nda.3065Archéologie du Cap Espenberg où la question du Birnirk et de l’origine du Thulé dans le nord-ouest de l’AlaskaClaire AlixOwen K. MasonNancy H. BigelowShelby L. AndersonJeffrey RasicJohn F. HoffeckerCape Espenberg is a sandy spit on the Chukchi Sea coast in northwestern Alaska, containing the remains of 4000 years of human occupation and climatic change. Archaeological and paleo-ecological research since 2009 as part of a large pluridisciplinary project provides new data on settlement chronology for the last thousand year of occupation and documents the emergence of the Thule culture which is directly ancestral to today’s Inuit/Inupiat in a context of increased storminess during the Little Ice Age. At the same time, this research raises the question of the nature of the Birnirk occupation identified on the low E-6 dune ridge, site KTZ-304, an archaeological complex which contributes to the emergence of the Thule culture between the 12th and 13th AD. This Birnirk mound at Cape Espenberg resembles in many aspects the type side named Birnirk in north Alaska (Barrow region). The excavation of house F12 uncovered a multi-room structure with overlain occupation levels and produced a collection of remains showing real architectural differences, signs of long distance raw material and object circulation and of mobility. All these elements suggest newcomers possibly of Chukotka origin and provides the opportunity to revisit an old research question in Arctic archaeology, that of the origin of Birnirk culture on the Alaska coast.http://journals.openedition.org/nda/3065AlaskaBirnirkThuléInupiatmigration |
| spellingShingle | Claire Alix Owen K. Mason Nancy H. Bigelow Shelby L. Anderson Jeffrey Rasic John F. Hoffecker Archéologie du Cap Espenberg où la question du Birnirk et de l’origine du Thulé dans le nord-ouest de l’Alaska Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie Alaska Birnirk Thulé Inupiat migration |
| title | Archéologie du Cap Espenberg où la question du Birnirk et de l’origine du Thulé dans le nord-ouest de l’Alaska |
| title_full | Archéologie du Cap Espenberg où la question du Birnirk et de l’origine du Thulé dans le nord-ouest de l’Alaska |
| title_fullStr | Archéologie du Cap Espenberg où la question du Birnirk et de l’origine du Thulé dans le nord-ouest de l’Alaska |
| title_full_unstemmed | Archéologie du Cap Espenberg où la question du Birnirk et de l’origine du Thulé dans le nord-ouest de l’Alaska |
| title_short | Archéologie du Cap Espenberg où la question du Birnirk et de l’origine du Thulé dans le nord-ouest de l’Alaska |
| title_sort | archeologie du cap espenberg ou la question du birnirk et de l origine du thule dans le nord ouest de l alaska |
| topic | Alaska Birnirk Thulé Inupiat migration |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/nda/3065 |
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