Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Sarah B. and William S. Laughlin and Mary E. McDowell
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site: Anagula Blade Site, Anagula Island, Alaska
Identified By: Sarah B. and William S. Laughlin and Mary E. McDowell
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site: Anagula Blade Site, Anagula Island, Alaska
Point Validity:
Valid type
Type identified in the MS thesis of James L. Dykman during research of the High Altitude Anasazi Lithic Assemblage in the Manti La Sal National Forest for BYU. This point has professional references and is considered a valid type.
Type identified in the MS thesis of James L. Dykman during research of the High Altitude Anasazi Lithic Assemblage in the Manti La Sal National Forest for BYU. This point has professional references and is considered a valid type.
Anagula Blades and Cores
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to large irregular blade. The blade varies and is a flake removed from a core.
Size Measurements:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Gibbons and Ames (1998) note that these blades have transverse burins that are characteristic of Japan and Asia.
Loyd Doty reports:
ANANGULA BLADES (Lanceolate) – were named by Sarah B. and William S. Laughlin and Mary E. McDowell for examples recovered from Anangula Island in Alaska, which is located within the former margins of the Bering Land Bridge. The site is characterized by an intensive occupation and is noted to possess a somewhat unique technological configuration which encompasses only the production of blades and burins. This suggests that the Anangula toolkit was characterized by the sacrifice of lithic material in favor of saving energy during implement manufacture thus emphasizing the disposable nature of these particular implements. They are large (3” to 5”) knives, and are dated to the early Holocene (8,550 YBP) and consist of blades removed from cores and having no other modifications except for an occasional burin worked into them.
Gibbons and Ames (1998) note that these blades have transverse burins that are characteristic of Japan and Asia.
Loyd Doty reports:
ANANGULA BLADES (Lanceolate) – were named by Sarah B. and William S. Laughlin and Mary E. McDowell for examples recovered from Anangula Island in Alaska, which is located within the former margins of the Bering Land Bridge. The site is characterized by an intensive occupation and is noted to possess a somewhat unique technological configuration which encompasses only the production of blades and burins. This suggests that the Anangula toolkit was characterized by the sacrifice of lithic material in favor of saving energy during implement manufacture thus emphasizing the disposable nature of these particular implements. They are large (3” to 5”) knives, and are dated to the early Holocene (8,550 YBP) and consist of blades removed from cores and having no other modifications except for an occasional burin worked into them.
References: Laughlin, William S. 1938 the blade and core site on Anangula Island. Aigner, Jean S. 1970, The Unifacial, Core and Blade Site on Anangula Island, Aleutians. In: Arctic Anthropology Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 59-88. Gibbon, Guy (Ed.), 1998, Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America. An Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing Inc. McCartney, Allen P. and Douglas W. Veltre, 1999, Aleutian Island Prehistory: Living in Insular Extremes in World Archaeology, Vol. 30, No. 3, Arctic Archaeology, pp. 503-515.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found on Anagula Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
This point is found on Anagula Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
Age / Periods:
Date: 9,200 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture: Aleutian Tradition
Date: 9,200 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture: Aleutian Tradition
Age Details:
Radio-carbon dating from the Anagula Blade site yield dates that ranged from 9,200 - 8,000 B.C.E (Laughlin, 1975)
Radio-carbon dating from the Anagula Blade site yield dates that ranged from 9,200 - 8,000 B.C.E (Laughlin, 1975)
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