ABOUT MEAlaskan ArchaeologistConnecting our knowledge of the present with our knowledge of the past has always fascinated me. I began my career in archaeology at a 10,000-year-old hunting camp in Alaska, near the Gerstle River, and just two hours from where I grew up. Six weeks of camping, freeze dried food, and hard digging later, I had fallen in love with the science of the past.
Though I have excavated at sites around the globe, I keep coming back to central Alaska where I grew up. Dene/Athabascans have thrived in this dramatic landscape for thousands of years. They overcame challenges related to a changing environment and shifting social dynamics in unique ways that archaeologists have only recently come to appreciate. Unraveling these complex strategies presents a puzzle that can provide deeper insight into human behavior throughout our species' history. |
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Excavations at Clearview (XMH-1303)
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I have led excavations at this late Holocene hunting camp for the last three summers with the Center for the Environmental Management of Military Lands. We found over 5000 artifacts that I have analyzed with Senna Catenacci, an undergraduate research mentee, at the University of Michigan.
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Kodiak, Alaska
