Two early sites of eastern Beringia: context and chronology in Alaskan interior archaeology

Abstract

Recent excavations in the Nenana Valley south of Fairbanks have explored several well-stratified archaeological sites that provide new insight into the early prehistory of Alaska's interior. Data from these stratified sites can be used to evaluate radiocarbon and artifact-based chronologies proposed for many of the poorly stratified sites of the region. In this paper, we present 14C dates from two major sites of the Alaskan Interior that contain typological evidence for occupation spanning much of the Holocene: Chugwater (FAI-035) and Healy Lake Village (XBD-20). Research at each site produced an extensive suite of 14C dates that are so far unpublished. -from Authors