Seattle, Washington– A sticky strip of fly paper lays along the floor at the door of a tiny room. “Step over,” says Jeff Bradley, collections Manager in mammalogy at the Burke Museum in Seattle. A group of visiting anthropologists and archaeologists step over the sticky strip and crowd together as Bradley opens a 2 X […]
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Tern Tail and Shark’s Tooth
Laura Nielsen for Frontier Scientists The Karluk One archaeological site, situated on the shores of modern-day Kodiak Island, Alaska, was exceptionally well-preserved. The location of an ancient settlement where Alutiiq people once resided, the site was occupied from 1400AD to 1800AD and held an abundance of astounding artifacts. Its location turned out to be unfortunate. […]
Weaving In Time – Alutiiq Baskets
Laura Nielsen for Frontier Scientists A row of knotted grass can hold so many stories you’d be amazed. Long grass or spruce root, yarn, sinew, even paint, all go into the baskets lovingly crafted in Alaska. Native Alutiiq weavers have carried on the traditions, but some techniques had been lost. -Had been. In this vodcast by Frontier […]