Aleutian island prehistory: Living in insular extremes

World Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 503-515

  McCartney, Allen P ^a   Veltre, Douglas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian islands; Maritime adaptations; Prehistory; Subarctic climate; Tectonics; Tsunami; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; COPING STRATEGY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033014250     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1999.9980426     Document Type: Article

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