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Slate point found in Aialik Bay.
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Slate point found in Aialik Bay.
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Grooved splitting adze. See Dr. Aron Crowell explain the use of the adze. (hyperlinked to video page)
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Stone lamp. Lamps like this were filled with seal oil with a short wick placed at the edge.
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Stone lamp. Lamps like this were filled with seal oil with a short wick placed at the edge.
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Grooved splitting adze.
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Ulu blade found in Aialik Bay. Ulu's are traditional Alaska Native cutting tools. See Dr Aron Crowell explain the ulu. (hyperlinked to video page)
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Ulu blade found in Aialik Bay. Ulu's are traditional Alaska Native cutting tools.
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Tools from Aialik Bay.
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Dr. Aron Crowell, archaeologist with the Smithsonian Institution, consults with Nick Tanape, and Alaska Native an descendant of the Aluutiq people who once lived in Aialik Bay.
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Dr. Aron Crowell, Alaska Director of the
Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center and lead archaeologist explains some
of the artifacts found at in Aialik Bay for a public radio reporter.
Listen to the radio story on the video & audio page.
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High school intern Forest Kvasnikoff works along side University of Californina Berkeley student Derek Shaw. Forest is a descendant of the people who once lived at this site.
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High school intern Katrina Dupree works alongside her mother screening soil and gravel in the search for artifacts and bone fragments.
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Dr. Aron Crowell, Alaska Director of the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center and lead archaeologist discusses a dig site in Aialik Bay for a public radio reporter. Listen to the radio story on the video & audio page.
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High school intern Katrina Dupree works alongside her mother screening soil and gravel in the search for artifacts and bone fragments.
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High school intern Katrina Dupree works alongside her mother screening soil and gravel in the search for artifacts and bone fragments.
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Archaeologist Mark Lutrell discusses the dig in Aialik Bay.
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Archaeological Technician Dan Anahonak
at the dig. Dan is Aluutiq and a descendant of the people who once occupied
this site.
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Unversity of Californina Berkeley student Bihn Tam Ha carefully records the location of artifacts removed from the dig.
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Archaeological Technician Dan Anahonak
finds a bead. Beads were highly prized as decorative and trade items
by Aluutiq people.
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Archaeological Technician Dan Anahonak
finds a bead. Beads were highly prized as decorative and trade items
by Aluutiq people.
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Dr. Aron Crowell and his crew removing sod to begin an archaeological excavation.
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This grassy mound is a midden, or trash heap, from an abandoned Aluutiq village. Dr. Crowell and his crew focused much of their effort on this midden.
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Archaeologists carefully describe the location and condition of objects found during a dig. Bones lend insight into what kind of food resources the local dwellers utilized.
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OASLC Education Coordinator Jim Pfeiffenberger conducts interviews with scientists at the dig site.
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A careful survey of the archaeological site helps researchers better understand the village layout. Without careful details like this, the artifacts are less meaningful.
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Archaeologists explore the layers in a midden, or trash heap.
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An archaeologist measures and records the exact location where an artifact was found.
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This illustration shows how an adze was hafted in a wooden shaft and used.
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