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Norman Alexander Easton, Anthropologist / Archaeologist - Selected Publications and Reports
Mammoth Trumpet article on collaborative research at the Little John site. Below are links to a variety of academic publications and research reports by N. A. Easton and his colleagues, organized by topic. A full listing of publications, reports, and conference papers through March 2012 can be found here. Ethnography, Ethnohistory, Cultural Geography, and Linguistics n.d. Easton, N. A. Getting to Know the Neighbourhood: Upper Tanana Place Names and Navigation in the Scottie Creek Valley of the Yukon - Alaska Borderlands. Manuscript 2008 Easton, N. A. It's Hard Enough to Control Yourself; It's Ridiculous to Think You Can Control Animals: Competing Views on the Bush in Contemporary Yukon. The Northern Review. No. 29 (Fall):21-38. 2007 Easton, N. A. King George got diarrhea: The Yukon - Alaska Boundary Survey, Bill Rupe, and the Scottie Creek Dineh. Alaska Journal of Anthropology. Vol. 5, No. 1:95-118. Easton, N. A. The Contributions of Richard Lee to the anthropological understanding of the really Real western Subarctic Dineh culture in the twentieth century and the really Real Richard Lee and me. Before Farming [online version] 2007/3 article 1. Published in Before Farming: the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers. Annual Paperback Volume, pp: 160-168. Friend, C., G. Holton, and N. A. Easton. An American - Canadian Traditional Ecological Knowledge Study of the Upper Tanana River Fisheries. Park Science in Central Alaska: Crossing Boundaries in a Changing Environment. Alaska Park Science. Vol. 6, Issue 2 (Dec) 2007:78-82. 2005 Easton, N. A. An Ethnohistory of the Chisana River Basin. Report to the National Parks Service. Whitehorse: Northern Research Institute. 2001 Easton, N. A. Intergenerational Differences in Ethnic Identification in a Northern Athapaskan Community. American Review of Canadian Studies. (Spring/Summer 2001): 105-119. 1990 Easton, N. A. "Lower than the Angels" - The Weight of Jim Logan's Art. Canadian Journal of Native Studies. Vol. 10, No. 1: 134-141.
Western North American Subarctic Archaeology and Prehistory 2012 Easton, N. A. 2012 Archaeological Excavations at the Little John Site (KdVo6), Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada - 2011. Scottie Creek Culture History Project Research Manuscript 2012-02. Whitehorse: Northern Research Institute. Easton, N. A. 2012 Anthropology 225 - Field School in Subarctic Archaeology and Ethnography - 2012 Fieldwork Summary. Report to Yukon College, Yukon Heritage Branch, and White River First Nation. 2011 Easton, N. A. 2011 Archaeological Excavations at the Little John Site (KdVo6), Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada - 2010. Scottie Creek Culture History Project Research Manuscript, 2011-03. Whitehorse: Northern Research Institute. Sattler, R. A., T. E. Gillispie, N. A. Easton, and M. Grooms. Linda’s Point: Results from a New Terminal Pleistocene Human Occupation at Healy Lake, Alaska. Current Research in the Pleistocene. Vol. 28: 149-151. Easton, N. A., G.R. MacKay, P.B. Young, P. Schnurr, and D. R. Yesner. Chindadn In Canada—Emergent Evidence Of The Pleistocene Transition Of Southeast Beringia as Revealed By The Little John Site (KdVo-6), Yukon Territory, Canada. In Ted Goebel and Ian Buvit (eds.), From the Yenisei to the Yukon: Interpreting Lithic Assemblage Variability in Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Beringia. Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. pp. 289 – 307. Crossen, K. D.R. Yesner, and N. A. Easton. Geoarchaeological And Zooarchaeological Correlates Of Eastern Beringian Lithic Assemblages: Insights from the Little John Site, Yukon. In Ted Goebel and Ian Buvit (eds.), From the Yenisei to the Yukon: Interpreting Lithic Assemblage Variability in Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Beringia. Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. pp. 308 – 322. 2010 Easton, N. A., C. Sanford, K.H. Toye, D.R. Yesner, V. Hutchinson. Chindadn Type 2.5? 2009 Field Research on the Yukon - Alaska Borderlands. Presentation to the Alaska Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, March 2010. Powerpoint presentation with notes. 2009 Easton, N. A., D. R. Yesner, V. Hutchinson, P. Schnurr and C. Baker. Wisconsin Interstadial(?), Terminal-Pleistocene, and Early-Holocene Radiocarbon Dates from the Little John Site, Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada. Current Research in the Pleistocene. Vol. 26: 47-50 2008 Easton, N. A. The Little John Site: 14,000 Years of Aboriginal Occupations in Southwest Yukon, Canada. Interpretive Poster. Whitehorse: Northern Research Institute. Easton, N. A. 2007 Archaeological Excavations at KdVo-6 and Regional Survey about Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scottie Creek Culture History Project Research Manuscript 2008-01. Whitehorse: Northern Research Institute. Easton, N. A., G.R. MacKay, P.B. Young, P. Schnurr, and D.R. Yesner. Nenana in Canada? Emergent Evidence of the Pleistocene Transition in Southeast Beringia from the Little John Site, Yukon Territory, Canada. Text and illustrations of a presentation to the Society for American Archaeology, 28 March 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia. Crossen, K.J., D.R. Yesner, and N. A. Easton. Geoarchaeological and Zooarchaeological Correalates of Early Beringian Artifact Assemblages. Text of a presentation to the Society for American Archaeology, 28 March 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia. Easton, N. A. and G.R. MacKay. Early Bifaces from the Little John Site (KdVo-6), Yukon Territory, Canada. In R. Carlson and M. Magne (eds.) Projectile Point Sequences in Northwestern North America. Burnaby, B.C.: Simon Fraser University Press. pp. 263-282. Easton, N. A., V. Hutchinson, D.R. Yesner, A. Janssens, and K. Herrera. An Electronic Database of Archaeological Fauna from the Little John Site (KdVo-6), Yukon Territory, Canada (2003-2007). Scottie Creek Culture History Project Research Manuscript 2008-06. Whitehorse: Northern Research Institute. 2007 Easton, N. A. Excavations at the Little John Site (KdVo-6) - Final Report on the 2006 Field Season. Scottie Creek Culture History Project Research Manuscript 2007-01 Easton, N. A., G.R. MacKay, P. Schnurr, P.B. Young, and C. Baker. The Little John Site (KdVo-6): A Late Glacial Multi-Component (Nenana - Denali Complex) Site in the Far Southwest of Yukon Territory, Canada. Current Research in the Pleistocene. Vol. 24:15-17. 2004 Excavations at KdVo-6 - A Nenana Complex Site on the Yukon - Alaska Borderlands. A powerpoint presentation on excavations at the Little John site through 2004. 2002 Easton, N. A. Archaeological Investigations in the White River First Nation's Territory (1994-2001). Scottie Creek Culture History Project Research Manuscript 2002-02. Whitehorse: Northern Research Institute.
Underwater Archaeology 2009 Pollack, J. C., R. P. Woodward, N. A. Easton, and C. Z. Velazquez. Ships of the Yukon Gold Rush. ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings, 2009: 287-297. 1996 Reinhardt, E. G., N. A. Easton, and R. T. Patterson. Foraminferal Evidence of Late Holocene Sea-Level Change and Amerindian Site Distribution at Montague Harbour, British Columbia. Geographie Physique et Quaternaire. 47(1): 35-46. 1993 Easton, N. A. (ed.) Underwater Archaeology in Montague Harbour: Report on the 1992 Field Investigations. Occasional Papers of the Northern Research Institute, Research Report No. 4 - Part 1: 1992 Final Report by N. A. Easton Easton, N. A. (ed.) Underwater Archaeology in Montague Harbour: Report on the 1992 Field Investigations. Occasional Papers of the Northern Research Institute, Research Report No. 4 - PART 2: Appendix I - 1991 FAUNAL ANALYSES by B. Wigen. Easton, N. A. (ed.) Underwater Archaeology in Montague Harbour: Report on the 1992 Field Investigations. Occasional Papers of the Northern Research Institute, Research Report No. 4 - PART 3: APPENDIX II - 1991 SEDIMENT ANALYSES by D. Rutherford. 1992 Easton, N. A. Mal de Mer Over Terra Incognita, or, What Ails the Coastal Migration Thesis? In M. Moss and J. Erlandson (eds.) Maritime Cultures of Southern Alaska: Papers in Honour of Richard Jordan. Arctic Anthropology. 29(2):28-41. Easton, N. A. More Findings from Down Under (the waters of Montague Harbour). The Midden. 24(3):9-12. 1991 Easton, N. A. and C. Moore. Test Excavations of Subtidal Deposits at Montague Harbour, British Columbia, Canada - 1989. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration. 20(4):269-280. Easton, N. A. Archaeology Under the Water at Montague Harbour. The Midden. 23(3):1-4. 1990 Easton, N. A. The Archaeology of Straits Salish Reef-netting: Past and Future Research Strategies. In N. A. Easton (ed.) Perspectives on Coast Salish Subsistence - Papers from a Symposium in Honour of Wayne Suttles, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes. 24(2): 161-177. Easton, N. A. Assessing the Underwater Archaeology of Montague Harbour - 1990 Field Report. Report to the British Columbia Archaeology Branch (Permit #1990-62). Victoria. 1988 Easton, N. A. Ancient Fishing Technique: The Uncovering of a Prehistoric Fishing Method in B.C. Diver Magazine. Vol. 14. No. 1 (April 1988). pp. 30-32. 1989 Easton, N. A. The Accelerated Inundation of Coastal Archaeological Resources in the Pacific Northwest: the greenhouse effect and the development of underwater archaeology. Paper presented to the symposium on Future Orientated Pacific Prehistory Research, Circum-Pacific Prehistory Conference. Seattle, Wa. 6 August 1989. 1987 Easton, N. A. Yukon Underwater Heritage Resources Inventory - 1986 Final Report. Report to the Yukon Heritage Branch on documentary and field research of Yukon shipwreck and related underwater heritage resources. Whitehorse: Yukon Underwater Diving Association. 324 pages. 1985 Easton, N. A. The Underwater Archaeology of Straits Salish Reef-netting. M. A. Thesis. Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria.
Opinion and Miscellaneous 2008 Easton, N. A. Establishing the Northern Research Institute: A Personal Recollection. The Northern Review. No. 29(Fall):151-158. Discusses my recollections and role in establishing the Northern Studies Program, The Northern Review, and The Northern Research Institute at Yukon College in the 1980s and 1990s. 2004 Easton, N. A. Is it time for a Yukon University? OpEd essay in The Yukon News, 13 February 2004, on why seeking university status for Yukon College makes timely sense. 2001 Easton, N. A. Remembering Nelnah - Bessie John. Published in The Northern Review. No. 23 (Summer): 205-211. This is a personal obiturary for one of my great Dineh teachers - Nelnah - Mrs. Bessie John, Scottie Creek Dineh Elder. 1994 Easton, N. A. Totally Tubular: Northern Sciences Most Excellent Adventure. Invited Commentary to Arctic: The Journal of the Artic Institute of North America. Vol. 47, No. 1 (March): iii - iv. An editorial celebrating Northern Sciences. Easton, N. A. Bringing Community Research Needs onto the Northern Research Agenda. Northern Research and Education. 3(2):2. 1993 Easton, N. A. Reciprocity: the Foundation of Collaborative Research in the North. Northern Research and Education. 3(1):2. 1992 Easton, N. A. The Paradox of Northern Research. Northern Research and Education. 2(1):2. 1990 Easton, N. A. Lower than the Angels: The Weight of Jim Logan's Art. Canadian Journal of Native Studies. Vol. 10 (1): 133-141. A critical perspective on the work of this Metis artist through 1989. 1989 Easton, N. A. Failure in Tolerance. OpEd on the Killings in Montreal, 7 Dec 1989. Yukon News. 11 Dec. 1988 Senkpiel, A. and N. A. Easton New Bearings on Northern Scholarship. The Northern Review. No. 1 (Summer): 9 - 26. The defining essay for the first issue of The Northern Review, in which we set out our editorial and scholarly agenda for the upstart publication, the first scholarly journal about the North published in the North for the North.
Book Reviews 1988 Easton, N. A. Review of Coast Salish Essays, by Wayne Suttles. Native Studies Review. Vol. 4 (Nos. 1 & 2):237-44.
Media Coverage 2008 A Firebrand and a Scholar by Chris Oke. UP HERE Magazine. September 2008. pp. 22-25. A profile of my archaeological career published in the North's premiere resident magazine. Timber Rabbits - On Stage At Last by George Maratos. What's Up Yukon? 20 November 2008. A preview of my stage play co-written with Joseph Graham, based on a tall tale from Chisana on the Yukon - Alaska borderlands. The Shock and Awe that is Timber Rabbits by George Maratos. What's Up Yukon? 27 November 2008 2002 Human Remains Honoured with Potlatch by Chris Beacom. Yukon News 28 August 2002. An account of working with the local community and Elders after inadvertantly discovering a 19th century burial while doing archaeological survey near Beaver Creek, Yukon. Spend More Money on Archeology by Richard Moyston. Yukon News 30 August 2002. A complimentary editorial in The Yukon News wondering why the Yukon Government doesn't provide financial support for my fieldwork? 1998 Exploring the Deep - Local Underwater Archaeologist Figures Prominently in New Reference Book by Erling Friis-Baastad. A review highlighting my contributions to The British Museum Encyclopedia of Underwater Archaeology. 1997 Yukoner Explores Border's Impact by Erling Friis-Baastad. Yukon News 21 January 1997. An interview article on my border research in Washington, DC, while holding my Fulbright Scholarship. 1989 Unearthing a Legacy - by Rhoda Metcalfe. UP HERE Magazine. Nov/Dec 1989. pp. 36-39. An extended account of the Fort Selkirk Culture History Project's work in 1989. Traditional Knowledge Valuable to Scientific Studies by Conrad Boyce. Yukon News. 24 November 1989. Discusses the contributions of Elder's traditional knowledge and oral history to our archaeological work at Fort Selkirk. Historic Fort Selkirk - Restoration is Renewal by Rhoda Metcalfe. Whitehorse Star. 6 September 1989. Covers the 1989 Fort Selkirk Culture History Project. 1988 Back to the Past - Native Youth Rediscovering Their Culture at Fort Selkirk by Rhoda Metcalfe. Whitehorse Star. 12 August 1988. Reviews the Fort Selkirk Culture History Project, with an emphasis on the participation of Native youth. 1987 Beginning the Quest for Our Underwater Heritage Sites by Conrad Boyce. Yukon News. 13 May 1987. The first in a two part series on the Yukon Underwater Heritage Resources Survey. Setting Priorities for Heritage Dives by Conrad Boyce. Yukon News. 20 May 1987. The second in a two part series on the Yukon Underwater Heritage Resources Survey. 1986 Seeking Yukon's Shipwrecks - Divers Plan to Record Fate of Yukon Ships by Massey Padgham. Whitehorse Star. 27 June 1986. Covers the beginnings of the Yukon Underwater Heritage Resources Survey I directed from 1986 thru 1989.
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