Archaeology of a Late Prehistoric Ethnic Frontier, Naknek River, Alaska

摘要阿拉斯加纳克内克河史前晚期民族的考古这个项目考察了阿拉斯加西南部纳克内克河下游的阿卢蒂克(最南端的爱斯基摩人)史前晚期民族的领土范围，特别是在18世纪末与另一群人相遇的边境点上或附近。这个Alutiiq人的领地(大约可以追溯到公元1450年到1800年)预计将以独特的房屋形式和特殊的手工艺品来标记，这种形式在其他地方只在科迪亚克岛上很常见。在下游一个相对未受干扰的地点进行发掘，将有助于揭示史前晚期的领土界限，以及该地区两个独立社区共存的时间长度。

ABSTRACT Archaeology of a Late Prehistoric Ethnic Frontier, Naknek River, Alaska This project examines the territorial limit of late prehistoric people of Alutiiq (southernmost Eskimo) speech along the lower Naknek River in southwestern Alaska, specifically at a point on or near the frontier of encounter with another group of people at the end of the eighteenth century. The territory of this Alutiiq people (dating from about A.D. 1450 to 1800) is expected to be marked by a distinctive house form, common elsewhere only on the Kodiak Island group, and by particular artifacts. Excavations at a relatively undisturbed site on the lower river will help to shed light on the late prehistoric territorial limits and the length of time that two separate communities coexisted in the region.