List of TablesList of FiguresAbstract1 Introduction1.1. Introduction1.2. Project Background1.3. Study Region and Study Area1.4.
The GIS Model1.5. Peopling of the Americas1.6. Northwest Coast Maritime Adaptations1.7. How Does This Relate to Other Projects?1.8.
Structure of This Book2 Theoretical Background2.1. Introduction2.2. Landscape Theory2.2.1. Historical Development of Landscape Theory2.
2.2. Modern Landscape Theory2.2.3. Non-sites2.2.4.
Seascapes2.3. Archaeological Predictive Models2.3.1. History of High Potential Models2.3.2.
High Potential Models as Middle-Range Theory2.3.3. Types of High Potential Models2.3.4. Testing Models2.3.
5. Issues with Predictive Models2.3.5.1. Site Types2.3.5.
2. Archaeological Site Sample2.3.5.3. Palaeoenvironments2.3.5.
4. Scale2.3.6. Examples of Predictive Models2.4. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)2.4.
1. History of GIS2.4.2. GIS Programs2.5. Underwater Archaeology2.5.
1. Danish Model2.5.2. Underwater Archaeological Projects2.6. Conclusion3 Introduction to the Pre-10,000 cal BP Palaeogeography of the northern NWC and Vicinity3.1.
Introduction3.2. Southeast Alaska3.3. Flora and Fauna3.4. Glaciation3.5.
Sea Level Reconstructions3.5.1. Sea Level Reconstruction for the Outer Islands of the Alexander Archipelago3.5.2. Sea Level Reconstruction for the Inner Islands of the Alexander Archipelago3.6.
Last Glacial Maximum Refugia in Southeast Alaska3.6.1. Faunal Evidence Supporting Refugia3.6.2. Flora Evidence Supporting Refugia3.7.
Geomorphology of Southeast Alaska3.8. Study Area - Shakan Bay4 Archaeology and Ethnography of the northern NWC4.1. Introduction4.2. Origins and Land-Use History of the NWC4.3.
Cultural Chronologies4.3.1. Variability in Site Locations4.4. Geographic Variability4.5. Northern NWC Ethnographic Groups4.
5.1. Tsimshian4.5.2. Haida4.5.3.
Tlingit4.6. Site Location Descriptions5 The GIS Model5.1. Introduction5.2. Data5.2.
1. Bathymetry and DEM5.2.2. Archaeological Site Data5.3. The Three Stages of the Model5.3.
1. How This Research Fits with Similar Site Discovery Models5.3.2. Stage One - Inputs for the Model5.3.2.1.
Water5.3.3. Stage Two - Model Outputs5.3.3.1. Intermediate Products5.
3.3.2. Coasts and Coastal Sinuosity5.3.3.3. Final Products5.
4. Summary6 Analysis of the Model6.1. Introduction6.2. Kvamme's Gain6.3. Spatial Statistics6.
3.1. Getis-Ord General-G6.3.2. Global Moran's I6.4. Summary7 Field Testing the Model7.
1. Introduction7.2. June 2010 Survey7.2.1. Shakan Bay Anomaly One7.2.
2. Shakan Bay Anomaly Two7.2.3. Shakan Bay Anomaly Three7.2.4. Shakan Bay Anomaly Five - Shipwreck7.
3. May 2012 Survey7.3.1. Multibeam Sonar7.3.2. Sub-bottom Profiler7.
3.3. ROV and Sub-surface Testing7.4. Summary8 Pre-10,000 cal BP Archaeological Sites on the Northern NWC8.1. Introduction8.2.
Southeast Alaskan Sites8.2.1. Ground Hog Bay 2 (11,528 cal BP)8.2.2. Hidden Falls (10,157 cal BP)8.2.
3. Irish Creek (10,484 cal BP)8.2.4. On Your Knees Cave (10,207 cal BP and 12,129 cal BP)8.2.5. Trout Creek Upper Terrace (10,364 cal BP)8.
2.6. Rice Creek (10,235 cal BP)8.3. Haida Gwaii8.3.1. K1 Cave (12,650 cal BP)8.
3.2. Richardson Island (10,442 cal BP)8.3.3. Werner Bay (12,481 cal BP)8.3.4.
Arrow Creek (10,625 cal BP and 10,584 cal BP)8.3.5. Gaadu Din Caves (12,683 cal BP cave 1, 12,480 cal BP cave 2)8.3.6. Kilgii Gwaay (10,675 cal BP)8.4.
Mainland British Columbia8.4.1. Far West Point (11,045 cal BP)8.4.2. Triquet Island (13,850 cal BP)8.4.
3. Kildidit Narrows (11,419 cal BP and 13,564 cal BP)8.4.4. Namu (11,049 cal BP)8.4.5. North Pruth Bay (10,608 cal BP)8.
4.6. North Kwakshua Channel (13,300 cal BP)8.5. Site Summary9 Discussion9.1. Introduction9.2.
Model9.2.1. Resolution9.2.2. Moderately High vs. High Potential9.
2.3. Spatial Statistics9.3. Shakan Bay Glacial History9.4. Why Were No Sites Located?9.5.
Beringia10 ConclusionBibliography.