@article {9751,
	title = {The Irish Creek Site: Evidence for a Mid-Holocene Microblade Component on the Northern Northwest Coast},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie},
	volume = {20},
	year = {1996},
	pages = {075-092},
	abstract = {<p>Microblade technology has long been considered a diagnostic trait of Early Holocene occupation in southeast Alaska. Over 15 years ago, microblades and microblade cores associated with a single late Holocene radiocarbon date were reported for the Irish Creek site in southeast Alaska. These apparently contradictory data led us to reevaluate the archaeological assemblage, with particular attention to the obsidian artifacts. Our geochemical and hydration analyses suggest that the Irish Creek assemblage is approximately 5000 years old, consistent with an artifact assemblage that contains microblade technology but lacks ground stone. The persistence of microblade technologies in the Alexander Archipelago of southeast Alaska accords with patterns described for the larger northern Northwest Coast region.</p>},
	author = {Madona Moss and Jon Erlandson and R. Scott Byram and Richard Hughes}
}
