Investigating the Antiquity of Inter-Regional Contact between Southern Yukon and the Northern Northwest Coast through an Ancient DNA Analysis of Cryogenic Wooden Biofacts Recovered from Alpine Archaeological Sites in the Northwestern Subarctic

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dc.contributor.advisorDawson, Peter C.
dc.contributor.authorMurchie, Tyler James
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-07T18:25:00Z
dc.date.available2015-11-20T08:00:34Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-07
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractThe antiquity of contact between Eyak-Tlingit in Southeastern Alaska and Athabaskans in Southern Yukon is poorly understood. Archaeological evidence of inter-regional interaction is currently confined to the Late Period, although there is ethnographic evidence of more ancient networks. The discovery of a cryogenically preserved stick (willow [Salix sp.]), from the Kluane Icefields may represent the region’s earliest evidence (2430 ± 20 14C BP) of glacial travel. Ancient DNA was used in an attempt to assess the specimen’s origin based on a phylogeographic analysis of modern Salix distributed on either side of the Saint Elias Range. DNA could not be amplified from the target specimen, leading to an investigation of the viability of paleogenetics for wooden artifacts using biofacts from alpine ice patches in Southern Yukon. A considerable lack of plastid variability was observed in modern Salix ssp., although three loci were identified that may be amenable to phylogeographic applications.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMurchie, T. J. (2015). Investigating the Antiquity of Inter-Regional Contact between Southern Yukon and the Northern Northwest Coast through an Ancient DNA Analysis of Cryogenic Wooden Biofacts Recovered from Alpine Archaeological Sites in the Northwestern Subarctic (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26636en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26636
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2386
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.subjectBotany
dc.subjectGenetics
dc.subject.classificationAncient DNAen_US
dc.subject.classificationsubarctic archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationchloroplast DNAen_US
dc.subject.classificationsalix phylogeographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationcryogenic archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationice patch archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationwood DNAen_US
dc.subject.classificationaDNAen_US
dc.subject.classificationnorthwestern subarctic interactionsen_US
dc.subject.classificationprecontact alpine glacial travelen_US
dc.subject.classificationbioarchaeologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationpaleogeneticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationwood artifactsen_US
dc.subject.classificationwood biofactsen_US
dc.subject.classificationYukon archaeologyen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the Antiquity of Inter-Regional Contact between Southern Yukon and the Northern Northwest Coast through an Ancient DNA Analysis of Cryogenic Wooden Biofacts Recovered from Alpine Archaeological Sites in the Northwestern Subarctic
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineArchaeology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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