The People Before: The geology, paleoecology and archaeology of Adak Island, Alaska

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Table of Contents

Introduction: The People Before: an Introduction to Adak, Alaska (Dixie West);
1) The Central Aleutians Archaeological and Paleobiological Project (Dixie West et al);
2) One Hundred Forty Years of Archaeology in the Central Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Douglas W. Veltre);
3) Did Holocene Paleoenvironmental Factors Affect Ancient Aleut Occupation and Settlement in the Central Aleutian Islands? (Lyn Gualtieri et al);
4) Holocene Tephra Layers on the Northern Half of Adak Island in The West-Central Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Mitsuru Okuno et al);
5) The Reconstruction of Ecosystems History of Adak Island (Aleutian Islands) During the Holocene (Arkady B. Savinetsky et al);
6) Archaeozoology of Adak Island: 6000 Years of Subsistence History in the Central Aleutians (Susan J. Crockford);
7) Ancient DNA Analysis for the Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) from Archaeological Sites on Adak, Aleutian Islands (Shin Nishida et al);
8) Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Bone Collagen and Tooth Enamel Carbonate of the Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) from Archaeological Sites on Adak Island, Aleutian Archipelago (Ame Garong et al);
9) The Aleut Cockle, Clinocardium nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) from ADK-011, Adak Island, Alaska (Hiroko Koike et al);
10) Invertebrate Remains: a Pan Aleutian Comparison (Dixie West et al.);
11) Provenance of Obsidian Artifacts Recovered from Adak Island, Central Aleutian Islands: Evidence for Long-Distance Transport of Lithic Material (Kirsten Nicolaysen et al);
12) Six Thousand Years of Lithic Technology on Adak in a Broader Aleutian Context (Elizabeth G. Wilmerding and Virginia Hatfield);
13) Clam Lagoon Archaeology and Technology (Marvin Kay);
14) Griddlestones from Adak Island, Alaska: Their Provenance and the Biological Origins of Organic Residues from Cooking (Richard Jeannotte et al);
15) Bone Artifacts and Debris from Three Archaeological Sites on Adak Island, Alaska (Dixie West and Virginia Hatfield);
16) A Human Burial from the Andreanof Islands, Alaska (Dixie West et al);
17) Conclusions (Dixie West and Susan Crockford).