Stratigraphic, Sedimentological and Faunal Evidence for the Occurrence of Pre-Sangamonian Artefacts in Northern Yukon

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Jopling, A.V., Irving, W.N., Beebe, B.F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1981
• Subjects: Archaeology; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeontology; Prehistoric man; Quaternary period; Stratigraphy; Glacial epoch; Old Crow River region; Yukon; Porcupine River region; Alaska/Yukon; Northern; Glacial Lake; Crow River; Old Crow River; Changing Lake; Arctic; Old Crow; permafrost; Porcupine River; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65551

The stratigraphic position of artefacts of undoubted Pleistocene age found in the Old Crow Basin has long been in question. We report on geological, palaeontological and archaeological excavations and studies there which show that artefacts made by humans occur in deposits of Glacial Lake Old Crow l...