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Shemya Island prehistory

Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued oltre 9 anni ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

The 752 artifacts described in this paper are from 5 sites on Shemya Island. Artifactual evidence suggests the island had a small resident population and was occupied for around 2000 years. The islands sites have been wholly or partially destroyed by military construction. Available site locations and descriptions have been included in the paper and comprise the most complete cultural resource inventory to date.