{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2497720712","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1130/dnag-cent-v4.399","title":"Geologic contexts of archaeological sites in Beringia","display_name":"Geologic contexts of archaeological sites in Beringia","publication_year":1990,"publication_date":"1990-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2497720712","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1130/dnag-cent-v4.399","mag":"2497720712"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1130/dnag-cent-v4.399","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1130/dnag-cent-v4.399","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1130/dnag-cent-v4.399","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463317","display_name":"Geological Society of America eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319845","host_organization_name":"Geological Society of America","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319845"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Geological Society of America"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Archaeological Geology of North America","raw_type":"book-chapter"},"volume":{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1832404241","display_name":"Archaeological Geology of North America"},"type":"book-chapter","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001897814","display_name":"Robert M. Thorson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0935-9365","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0935-9365"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I140172145","display_name":"University of Connecticut","ror":"https://ror.org/02der9h97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Robert M. Thorson","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Connecticut, 345 Mansfield Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Connecticut, 345 Mansfield Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5001897814"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":23,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.23469388,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"399","last_page":"420"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10421","display_name":"Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology","score":0.9409000277519226,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10421","display_name":"Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology","score":0.9409000277519226,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10087","display_name":"Archaeology and ancient environmental studies","score":0.019500000402331352,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1911","display_name":"Paleontology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10017","display_name":"Geology and Paleoclimatology Research","score":0.00930000003427267,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1902","display_name":"Atmospheric Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/beringia","display_name":"Beringia","score":0.9739999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/volcanic-ash-layers","display_name":"volcanic ash layers","score":0.6359999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cave-sediments","display_name":"cave deposits","score":0.5630000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/beach-ridges","display_name":"beach ridges","score":0.8579999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/till","display_name":"glacial till","score":0.8659999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/radiocarbon-chronology","display_name":"radiocarbon chronology","score":0.7070000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sea-level-change","display_name":"sea-level change","score":0.871999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/siberia","display_name":"Siberia","score":0.8339999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/aleutian-islands","display_name":"Aleutian Islands","score":0.968999981880188}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781121177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190927","display_name":"Beringia","level":3,"score":0.9857584238052368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.700043797492981},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.5324434041976929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.4149986505508423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1965285","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008","display_name":"Earth science","level":1,"score":0.3733624815940857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53570757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25546","display_name":"Pleistocene","level":2,"score":0.06264233589172363}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1130/dnag-cent-v4.399","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1130/dnag-cent-v4.399","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1130/dnag-cent-v4.399","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463317","display_name":"Geological Society of America eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319845","host_organization_name":"Geological Society of America","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319845"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Geological Society of America"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Archaeological Geology of North America","raw_type":"book-chapter"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":105,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W8807958","https://openalex.org/W44576912","https://openalex.org/W54672201","https://openalex.org/W80055876","https://openalex.org/W88669574","https://openalex.org/W112509702","https://openalex.org/W153355271","https://openalex.org/W172487495","https://openalex.org/W188536601","https://openalex.org/W578373425","https://openalex.org/W590760227","https://openalex.org/W594955562","https://openalex.org/W641231502","https://openalex.org/W648592305","https://openalex.org/W761464609","https://openalex.org/W766429933","https://openalex.org/W772649710","https://openalex.org/W783851905","https://openalex.org/W801932909","https://openalex.org/W816351480","https://openalex.org/W833310284","https://openalex.org/W838304771","https://openalex.org/W851750689","https://openalex.org/W856813354","https://openalex.org/W1493923734","https://openalex.org/W1514699151","https://openalex.org/W1525975281","https://openalex.org/W1559699987","https://openalex.org/W1561107825","https://openalex.org/W1562383337","https://openalex.org/W1573969809","https://openalex.org/W1577510320","https://openalex.org/W1584230141","https://openalex.org/W1592797140","https://openalex.org/W1597820411","https://openalex.org/W1963992894","https://openalex.org/W1964106955","https://openalex.org/W1969415263","https://openalex.org/W1973491279","https://openalex.org/W1988331452","https://openalex.org/W1989165300","https://openalex.org/W1989213544","https://openalex.org/W2001638953","https://openalex.org/W2004895005","https://openalex.org/W2008028685","https://openalex.org/W2008829864","https://openalex.org/W2012669086","https://openalex.org/W2014219807","https://openalex.org/W2017374987","https://openalex.org/W2019084833","https://openalex.org/W2022716687","https://openalex.org/W2025071581","https://openalex.org/W2032013070","https://openalex.org/W2037367528","https://openalex.org/W2040807363","https://openalex.org/W2047681065","https://openalex.org/W2052161948","https://openalex.org/W2054388353","https://openalex.org/W2068219607","https://openalex.org/W2070876065","https://openalex.org/W2071560453","https://openalex.org/W2076509581","https://openalex.org/W2076574028","https://openalex.org/W2077496563","https://openalex.org/W2091671705","https://openalex.org/W2092670300","https://openalex.org/W2093687464","https://openalex.org/W2094429792","https://openalex.org/W2094666610","https://openalex.org/W2097635211","https://openalex.org/W2104646163","https://openalex.org/W2108651367","https://openalex.org/W2112184310","https://openalex.org/W2127774239","https://openalex.org/W2128183274","https://openalex.org/W2129105903","https://openalex.org/W2139983172","https://openalex.org/W2144712813","https://openalex.org/W2149818220","https://openalex.org/W2153453997","https://openalex.org/W2171088317","https://openalex.org/W2254086069","https://openalex.org/W2259905766","https://openalex.org/W2263990820","https://openalex.org/W2299270103","https://openalex.org/W2316317948","https://openalex.org/W2482666432","https://openalex.org/W2491791393","https://openalex.org/W2500129771","https://openalex.org/W2617651814","https://openalex.org/W2647432897","https://openalex.org/W2796520648","https://openalex.org/W2796644177","https://openalex.org/W4211236993","https://openalex.org/W4231820044","https://openalex.org/W4232636692","https://openalex.org/W4234712688","https://openalex.org/W4236297790","https://openalex.org/W4241048110","https://openalex.org/W6602263038","https://openalex.org/W6610984449","https://openalex.org/W6631650264","https://openalex.org/W6635222496","https://openalex.org/W6671737445","https://openalex.org/W6818082435"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1988882267","https://openalex.org/W2964426895","https://openalex.org/W2765580656","https://openalex.org/W891373845","https://openalex.org/W2135467273","https://openalex.org/W3022368269","https://openalex.org/W3133518108","https://openalex.org/W1989634086","https://openalex.org/W2754883522","https://openalex.org/W830910068"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"From":[1],"reviews":[2],"of":[3,21,73,78,114,120,137,148,157,172,193],"Beringian":[4],"archaeology":[5],"(for":[6,125,162],"example,":[7,126,163],"West,":[8,166],"1981,":[9],"1983;":[10],"Morlan,":[11,127],"1986;":[12,128],"Dumond,":[13],"1980;":[14],"Dixon,":[15],"1985)":[16,239],"we":[17],"know":[18],"that":[19],"thousands":[20],"sites":[22,173],"occur":[23],"in":[24,40,51,64,68,85,95,105,150,243],"diverse":[25],"geologic":[26],"settings":[27],"throughout":[28],"the":[29,41,57,74,106,146,176,197,224],"region":[30],"(Fig.":[31],"1).":[32],"Examples":[33],"include":[34],"artifact":[35],"horizons":[36],"within":[37],"tephra":[38],"layers":[39],"Aleutian":[42],"Islands,":[43],"cave":[44],"detritus":[45],"from":[46,139,185],"Yukon":[47],"Territory,":[48],"muck":[49],"deposits":[50],"Siberia,":[52],"abandoned":[53],"beach":[54],"ridges":[55],"along":[56,91],"Bering":[58],"Sea,":[59],"between":[60],"reported":[61],"glacial":[62],"tills":[63],"southeast":[65],"Alaska,":[66],"and":[67,70,88,94,97,130,142,215,229,232,237,245],"eolian":[69],"fluvial":[71],"sediments":[72],"Alaskan":[75],"interior.":[76],"Sites":[77],"all":[79],"ages":[80],"are":[81,199],"most":[82],"frequently":[83],"located":[84],"river":[86],"valleys":[87],"mountain":[89],"passes,":[90],"stable":[92],"coastlines,":[93],"quarry":[96],"overlook":[98],"settings,":[99],"locales":[100],"comparable":[101],"to":[102,188],"those":[103],"documented":[104],"ethnographic":[107],"literature":[108],"(VanStone,":[109],"1974).":[110],"The":[111],"chronologic":[112],"range":[113,184],"sites,":[115],"however,":[116],"remains":[117],"controversial.":[118],"Proponents":[119,156],"an":[121,204],"early":[122,225],"human":[123,206],"presence":[124,147],"Bonnichsen":[129],"others,":[131,216,230,238],"1987)":[132,231],"rely":[133,168],"on":[134,145,169],"patterned":[135],"modifications":[136],"bones":[138],"extinct":[140,210],"fauna":[141],"more":[143,201],"recently":[144],"microflakes":[149],"securely":[151],"dated":[152],"pre-late":[153],"Wisconsinan":[154],"contexts.":[155],"a":[158,170],"terminal":[159],"Pleistocene":[160],"entry":[161],"Haynes,":[164],"1982;":[165,217],"1983)":[167],"variety":[171],"for":[174],"which":[175],"oldest":[177],"radiocarbon":[178],"dates":[179],"associated":[180],"with":[181],"diagnostic":[182],"artifacts":[183],"about":[186],"11.5":[187],"10.5":[189],"ka.":[190],"Chronologic":[191],"patterns":[192],"site":[194,241],"distribution":[195,242],"during":[196,211],"Holocene":[198,226],"even":[200],"enigmatic.":[202],"Did":[203],"existing":[205],"population":[207],"become":[208],"locally":[209],"full-glacial":[212],"times":[213],"(Schweger":[214],"Hamilton,":[218],"1978)?":[219],"To":[220],"what":[221],"extent":[222],"did":[223],"reforestation":[227],"(Barnosky":[228],"insolation-driven":[233],"climatic":[234],"changes":[235],"(Heusser":[236],"affect":[240],"space":[244],"time":[246],"(Aigner,":[247],"1986)?":[248],"Were":[249],"sea-level":[250]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-08-23T00:00:00"}