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A genomic analysis of Greenland’s Qimmeq dogs suggest they and their human partners arrived on the island centuries earlier than previously thought.
Archaeology project in Quinhagak is about the future as much as the past Imperiled by climate-driven erosion, the archaeological endeavor in Southwest Alaska is heavily invested in building a new ...
The discovery came during a spring survey of Alutiiq/Sugpiaq village sites on Shuyak Island, about 54 miles north of Kodiak ...
Until recently, northern Alaska was one of the places that archaeologists weren’t exactly in a hurry to dig. That’s because the permafrost functioned kind of like a big freezer where artifacts ...
Alaska Public Media reports that archaeologists from the Alutiiq Museum have discovered several new Native American village sites on Shuyak Island, which is located in the Kodiak Archipelago. The ...
Fairbanks, Alaska – Eight rural Alaskan high school juniors and seniors recently returned from a two-week field school experience at an archeological dig near Healy Lake, Alaska. The program was ...
Archaeology on Fort Wainwright By Julie Esdale, Environmental Division, Archaeologist, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Wainwright, Alaska October 12, 2012 ...
A bone found in a cave in Alaska and thought to from a bear is actually from a human, casting new light on the genetics of Native American peoples.
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND—More than 50,000 artifacts recovered from a site on the southwestern coast of Alaska will be sent back to the area after having been preserved by archaeologists at the ...
Sunken shipwrecks tell the story of Alaska’s ‘forgotten’ WWII battlefield U.S. and Japanese forces fought over the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Relics of this conflict can still be ...
Ancient bronze artifact from East Asia unearthed at Alaska archaeology site Date: November 14, 2011 Source: University of Colorado at Boulder Summary: Archeologists have discovered the first ...
Sep. 17—QUINHAGAK — One of the most productive archaeological digs in North America is behind a town dump. "If it wasn't for the erosion, we never would have found it," said Rick Knecht, a ...