Kangiguksuk: Holocene, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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| mammoth | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Hydrodamalis gigas
(Zimmermann 1780)
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| Stellar's sea cow | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon dorsatum myops
Merriam 1900
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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| bison | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| caribou | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ovis dalli dalli
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus tandrarum
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus horribilis richardsoni
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus oeconomus gilmorei
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus americanus dalli
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes fulva alascensis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis canadensis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Ondatra zibethicus spatulatus
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Gulo lucus lucus
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Olor columbianus
(Ord 1815)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus corax
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Gaviidae
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Gavia stellata
(Pontoppidan 1763)
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Gavia arctica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Falco sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Buteo lagopus
(Pontoppidan 1763)
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
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Limicolae indet.
()
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Lagopus lagopus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 68.0° North, 161.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 68.0° North, 161.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Said to be from around 1578 C.E. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:This list contains a mammoth, which is out of place given the historical date for occupation of this site. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 220460 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-06-02 09:13:40 | Last modified: | 2021-06-02 09:23:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-06-02 09:13:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 77038. | E. S. Hall, Jr. 1971. Kangiguksuk: A Cultural Reconstruction of a Sixteenth Century Eskimo Site in Northern Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 8(1):1-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |