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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crequinoxpubl:10.1558/jga.27327 2024-06-02T08:01:55+00:00 The Alligator Lake Throwing Dart, Yukon, Canada Thomas, Christian D. Monahan, Valery Alix, Claire Hare, P. Gregory Herkes, Jennifer Smith, Holly Helwig, Kate Poulin, Jennifer Donohoe, Misha 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jga.27327 https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JGA/article/download/27327/29204 unknown Equinox Publishing Journal of Glacial Archaeology volume 7, page 25-45 ISSN 2050-3407 2050-3393 journal-article 2024 crequinoxpubl https://doi.org/10.1558/jga.27327 2024-05-07T13:51:49Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Carcross First Nations Subarctic Tagish Yukon Equinox Publishing Arctic Yukon Canada Tagish ENVELOPE(-134.272,-134.272,60.313,60.313) Carcross ENVELOPE(-134.704,-134.704,60.166,60.166) Alligator Lake ENVELOPE(-135.354,-135.354,60.385,60.385) Journal of Glacial Archaeology 7 25 45 |
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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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Thomas, Christian D. Monahan, Valery Alix, Claire Hare, P. Gregory Herkes, Jennifer Smith, Holly Helwig, Kate Poulin, Jennifer Donohoe, Misha |
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Thomas, Christian D. Monahan, Valery Alix, Claire Hare, P. Gregory Herkes, Jennifer Smith, Holly Helwig, Kate Poulin, Jennifer Donohoe, Misha The Alligator Lake Throwing Dart, Yukon, Canada |
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Thomas, Christian D. Monahan, Valery Alix, Claire Hare, P. Gregory Herkes, Jennifer Smith, Holly Helwig, Kate Poulin, Jennifer Donohoe, Misha |
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The Alligator Lake Throwing Dart, Yukon, Canada |
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The Alligator Lake Throwing Dart, Yukon, Canada |
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The Alligator Lake Throwing Dart, Yukon, Canada |
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The Alligator Lake Throwing Dart, Yukon, Canada |
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The Alligator Lake Throwing Dart, Yukon, Canada |
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ENVELOPE(-134.272,-134.272,60.313,60.313) ENVELOPE(-134.704,-134.704,60.166,60.166) ENVELOPE(-135.354,-135.354,60.385,60.385) |
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