Campus Site: A Prehistoric Camp at Fairbanks, Alaska

by Charles Mobley

Overview

Prehistoric stone tools found north of Fairbanks have caused more long-standing controversy about the Campus Site than any other archaeological site in the North American subarctic. First reports in 1934 by the American Museum of Natural History declared the artifacts to be "identical in several respects with thousands of specimens found in the Gobi desert, " and thus "furnish the first clear archaeological evidence we have of early migration to the American continent."

Using a variety of resources and providing illustrations with detailed pen and ink drawings of the artifacts, Dr. Mobley has produced a comprehensive monograph on the Campus Site for both professional and amateur archaeologists. It addresses the crucial questions raised about the Campus Site and provides a basis for evaluating relations with cultures elsewhere in North America, Asia, and Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780912006529
Publisher:	University of Alaska Press
Publication date:	12/01/1991
Series:	Carolus Deene Ser.
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.40(d)

Editorial Reviews

Describes the scattered artifacts, and interviews the original excavators, of a archaeological site now on the U. of Alaska campus, to reevaluate the controversial and largely unanalyzed evidence of early human migration from the Gobi Desert. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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