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This study was conducted for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve to document Ahtna traditional knowledge of large land mammals, particularly caribou, Dall sheep and moose. Mountain goats are not included because there is no evidence that they were a significant resource. The research focused primarily on lands within the northern portions of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, a part of which is also the territory of the upper and lower Ahtna (see Figure 1). The territory of the latter encompasses all of the Chitina River and the Copper River from below Wood Canyon to about the mouth of the Tazlina River, while that of the former includes an area from the Sanford River north to Tanada and Copper Lakes, and...
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Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) offers many advantages for assessing archaeological potential in frozen and partially frozen contexts in high latitude and alpine regions. These settings pose several challenges for GPR, including extreme velocity changes at the interface of frozen and active layers, cryogenic patterns resulting in anomalies that can easily be mistaken for cultural features, and the difficulty in accessing sites and deploying equipment in remote settings. In this study we discuss some of these challenges while highlighting the potential for this method by describing recent successful investigations with GPR in the region. We draw on cases from Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern...
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Recently documented ice patch sites in the southwest Yukon are ideal for evaluating precontact hunter-gatherer land-use patterns in the western subarctic. Located in the alpine of the mountainous regions of the boreal forest, ice patches are associated with well preserved hunting equipment, caribou ( Rangifer tarandus ) dung and an abundance of faunal remains dating to over 8000 years ago. However, current models are inadequate for explaining caribou hunting at ice patches as they tend to emphasize large-scale communal hunts associated with latitudinal movements of caribou. Much less is known about the alititudinal movment of caribou and the associated hunting forays to ice patches in the alpine. Based on literature...
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Subsurface temperature profiles measured in boreholes are one of the important archives of paleoclimate data for reconstructing the climate of the past 2000 years. Subsurface temperatures are a function of past ground surface temperatures (GST), however GSTs are influenced both by changes in land-use and changes in regional climate. Thus the history of deforestation at borehole sampling locations represents a potential uncertainty in the reconstructed temperature history at the site. Here a fully coupled Earth system model is used estimate the magnitude of the subsurface temperature anomaly from deforestation events from a global perspective. The model simulations suggest that warming of the ground surface is the...
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Interior Alaska's Healy Lake archaeological locality contains a cultural sequence spanning 13 500 years, beginning with some of the oldest known human occupations in Alaska. From 2011 to 2014, we conducted archaeological excavations at the Linda's Point site. Detailed recording has clearly separated the lowest cultural component at the site and begun to clarify the contentious culture history of the Healy Lake area. The lower component, associated with a thick paleosol, contains multiple hearths, debitage, and small triangular points similar to those seen at the Healy Lake Village site. The upper silt deposits contain a variety of lithic tool types within a dense scatter of debitage and bone fragments spanning a...
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RÉSUMÉ. Les gouvernements des Premières Nations du sud du Yukon figurent au rang des partenaires du projet des névés du Yukon, dans le cadre duquel des chercheurs font des fouilles dans les névés de sommet de montagnes où d'anciens artefacts de chasse sont retrouvés. Les programmes du patrimoine administrés par ces gouvernements, qui coordonnent la participation de leurs citoyens à ces activités, mettent l'accent sur le patrimoine culturel immatériel. Aux yeux de ces gouvernements, ce projet constitue une occasion de renforcer leur culture, de faire en sorte que les citoyens connaissent mieux leur histoire et d'exprimer les valeurs des Premières Nations en ce qui a trait aux ressources culturelles. La principale...
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The subarctic boreal forest, or taiga, is the largest biome in the world but has received minimal archaeological research because of its remoteness and difficult working conditions. In Southcentral Alaska the most common archaeological sites are surface manifestations of proto-historic semi-subterranean caches once used for food storage and living structures. However, in dense summer vegetation, these small-scale features are difficult to locate without high intensity pedestrian survey. To test the usefulness of LiDAR data for archaeological prospection in the taiga, we compare LiDAR imagery to the known distribution of small-scale semi-subterranean cultural features. The use of LiDAR, when complemented with Sky-View...
    map background search result map search result map DECHYOO NJiK (MIVm-4) aD THE TRADITIONAL LAND USE PATTERNS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE OLD CROW FLATS, YUKON TERRITORY Some Ethnographic and Historical Information on the Use of Large Land Mammals in the Copper River Basin Plants and habitats- a consideration of Dene ethnoecology in northwestern Canada Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience Late Glacial and Holocene environmental change inferred from sedimentary archives of Kusawa Lake, Boundary Range Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada SUSITNA-WATANA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT CULTURAL RESOURCES DATA GAP ANALYSIS Caribou Hunting at Ice Patches: Seasonal Mobility and Long-term Land-Use in the Southwest Yukon Dena'ina Resistance to Russian Hegemony, Late Eighteenth and Ninetenth Centuries: Cook Inlet, Alaska Cultural Landscapes, Past and Present, and the South Yukon Ice Patches Subsistence and Commercial Fisheries through the Lenses of Culture and Economy in Three Coastal Alaskan Communities Detecting Late Holocene cultural landscape modifications using LiDAR imagery in the Boreal Forest, Susitna Valley, Southcentral Alaska Human Ecological Integration in Subarctic Eastern Beringia Holocene and Anthropocene Landscapes of Western Canada A middle Holocene steppe bison and paleoenvironments from the Versleuce Meadows, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Lithic Technology at Linda's Point, Healy Lake, Alaska Human paleoecological integration in subarctic eastern Beringia Early colonization of Beringia and Northern North America: Chronology, routes, and adaptive strategies Frozen: The Potential and Pitfalls of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Archaeology in the Alaskan Arctic Lithic Technology at Linda's Point, Healy Lake, Alaska A middle Holocene steppe bison and paleoenvironments from the Versleuce Meadows, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Frozen: The Potential and Pitfalls of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Archaeology in the Alaskan Arctic DECHYOO NJiK (MIVm-4) aD THE TRADITIONAL LAND USE PATTERNS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE OLD CROW FLATS, YUKON TERRITORY Human Ecological Integration in Subarctic Eastern Beringia Caribou Hunting at Ice Patches: Seasonal Mobility and Long-term Land-Use in the Southwest Yukon Cultural Landscapes, Past and Present, and the South Yukon Ice Patches Late Glacial and Holocene environmental change inferred from sedimentary archives of Kusawa Lake, Boundary Range Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada SUSITNA-WATANA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT CULTURAL RESOURCES DATA GAP ANALYSIS Detecting Late Holocene cultural landscape modifications using LiDAR imagery in the Boreal Forest, Susitna Valley, Southcentral Alaska Some Ethnographic and Historical Information on the Use of Large Land Mammals in the Copper River Basin Dena'ina Resistance to Russian Hegemony, Late Eighteenth and Ninetenth Centuries: Cook Inlet, Alaska Subsistence and Commercial Fisheries through the Lenses of Culture and Economy in Three Coastal Alaskan Communities Human paleoecological integration in subarctic eastern Beringia Plants and habitats- a consideration of Dene ethnoecology in northwestern Canada Respect for Grizzly Bears: an Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience Early colonization of Beringia and Northern North America: Chronology, routes, and adaptive strategies Holocene and Anthropocene Landscapes of Western Canada