The Alligator Lake Throwing Dart, Yukon, Canada

On August 25th, 2018, the Yukon Ice Patch Research Group recovered a 6,000-year-old segmented throwing dart from site JcUu-11 (Hare et al. 2004) located in the traditional territories of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation and the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, Yukon Canada. The discovery was the result of...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glacial Archaeology
Main Authors: Thomas, Christian D., Monahan, Valery, Alix, Claire, Hare, P. Gregory, Herkes, Jennifer, Smith, Holly, Helwig, Kate, Poulin, Jennifer, Donohoe, Misha
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Equinox Publishing 2024
Subjects:
Arctic
Yukon
Canada
Tagish
Carcross
Alligator Lake
First Nations
Subarctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jga.27327
https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JGA/article/download/27327/29204
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Summary:On August 25th, 2018, the Yukon Ice Patch Research Group recovered a 6,000-year-old segmented throwing dart from site JcUu-11 (Hare et al. 2004) located in the traditional territories of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation and the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, Yukon Canada. The discovery was the result of a dramatic retreat of an ice patch over a period of 23 days. This discovery is the first entirely complete atlatl throwing dart retrieved from an archaeological site in arctic and subarctic North America. Beyond its remarkably state of preservation, the artifact offers insights on material use and artifact design that may have significant implications for archaeological interpretations of First Nations’ hunting traditions.

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