| Alaska Regional Office | U.S. Department of Interior | |
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| Cultural Resources Team | National Park Service |
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Archaeology Month |
Alaska
Archaeology Month
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| 2009 |
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| A Young State - An Ancient Land
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| Celebrations for Alaska Archaeology Month take place each April. Along with an annual poster, mailed to every school in Alaska, there are local events and activities which highlight a wide variety of topics of archaeological and anthropological interest. | |||||||||||||||||||
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2009 poster highlights the theme, "A Young State - An Ancient Land." The back of the poster features eight ancient sites excavated during the 50 years of Alaska statehood. Image of Poster (Front), (Back). |
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Alaska's Most Ancient Sites |
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Ancient sites, small and almost undetectable, where hunters produced and sometimes discarded their tools fashioned from stone, lie scattered on Alaska’s sweeping landscape. They provide a wealth of information about the colonization of the North American continent and the ways of life of its ancient inhabitants. This is particularly true when artifacts are found in datable contexts with the remains of animal bones or remnants of old fire hearths. The stories of these early Alaskans have been pieced together by archaeologists over the last several decades and appear in a variety of scientific papers, books, theses, dissertations, and unpublished sources. (Learn More) |
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Downloadable map of sites
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