Chemical characterization of Arctic soils: activity area analysis in contemporary Yup'ik fish camps using ICP-AES

Despite the vital role of seasonal fish camps in hunter–gatherer subsistence activities in the Arctic, little archaeological or ethnographic research on fish camps has been conducted. This ethnoarchaeological study uses the chemical composition of soil samples collected at two modern fish camps in the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta of western Alaska to elucidate chemical soil signatures associated with seasonal subsistence fish camps and the activities...