Kangiguksuk (Holocene of the United States)
Where: Alaska (68.0° N, 161.8° W: paleocoordinates 68.0° N, 161.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Said to be from around 1578 C.E.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 220460: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.06.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• This list contains a mammoth, which is out of place given the historical date for occupation of this site.
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Canis lupus tandrarum gray wolf | |
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Ovis dalli dalli Dall sheep | |
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Ursus horribilis richardsoni brown bear | |
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Microtus oeconomus gilmorei tundra vole | |
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Lepus americanus dalli snowshoe hare | |
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Vulpes fulva alascensis red fox | |
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Castor canadensis canadensis American beaver | |
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Ondatra zibethicus spatulatus muskrat | |
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Gulo lucus lucus wolverine | |
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Gavia arctica Linnaeus 1758 Arctic loon
Gavia stellata Pontoppidan 1763 Red-throated loon | |
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Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
"Olor columbianus" = Cygnus columbianus
"Olor columbianus" = Cygnus columbianus Ord 1815 tundra swan | |
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Limicolae indet. shorebird | |
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Buteo lagopus Pontoppidan 1763 rough-legged hawk | |
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Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758 falcon | |
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Lagopus lagopus Linnaeus 1758 willow ptarmigan | |
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Erethizon dorsatum myops Merriam 1900 North American porcupine | |