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Upward Sun River

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Upward Sun River

Upward Sun River

Upward Sun River Team 2011

The discovery at Upward Sun River is considered to be the first and earliest evidence of human remains in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic of North America.

Supporting Material:
A Terminal Pleistocene Child Cremation and Residential Structure from Eastern Beringia. By Ben A. Potter, Joel D. Irish, Joshua D. Reuther, Carol Gelvin-Reymiller, Vance T. Holliday. Published 25, February 2011, Science 331, 1058 (2011)

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About Ben Ben Potter is an associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has worked in Alaskan archaeology since 1995. Most of Ben’s work has been within the interior of Alaska. He has considerable applied experience in field survey and excavation, spacial analysis, lithic and faunal analysis, intrasite and intersite modeling [...]
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