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Recent papers in Athabaskan
Photographs and documentary accounts relating to Geronimo’s 1886 attempted surrender at the Cañon de los Embudos site are used to explore the archaeological nature of structure or hut imprints. These primary written and visual sources... more
This dissertation presents a linguistic description of the phonology and morphology of Tanacross Athabaskan, an endangered language spoken by approximately sixty persons in eastern interior Alaska. There is little extant documentation of... more
A large mountainside Apache residential site in the Peloncillo Mountains of southern Arizona lies in the heart of historically documented Chiricahua Apache territory. The Hormiguero site represents an encampment at an important caching... more
Contradictions exist among primary sources as to the locations of historical Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache encampments. Modern elders state that residential sites were situated in low settings at the base of elevated landforms, whereas... more
This paper discusses possessive construction in Upper Tanana Athabaskan.