THE POST-PALEOARCTIC INTERVAL IN THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE

The Paleoarctic tradition was extant in the central Brooks Range of Al aska around 8000-10,000 B.P. It was followed 2000 years later, about 6 000 B.P., by a local variant of the Northern Archaic tradition. These two traditions have been defined on the basis of the differences betwe en their respective lithic technologies. A review of the characteristi cs of each tradition is undertaken and local variants are discussed. A model of the culture history of this area, based on the sequence from Kurupa Lake, suggests that the central Brooks Range was occupied duri ng the 2000 year interval between the Paleoarctic and Northern Archaic traditions by microblade and burin using peoples.