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Frozen ground yields a bonanza in artifacts
Archaeologists thawed permafrost along the Alaska pipeline route to excavate sites near Galbraith Lake. At least 30 sites within an eight mile radius yielded tools, projectiles and flakes dating back 6 000 years as workers faced 40 below zero temperatures. The effort, run by University of Alaska and Alaska Methodist University under Alyeska to protect tundra, aims to map early nomadic caribou hunters along the Brooks Range and Yukon coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Barrett
Seattle
Wash
UPI
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Alyeska
University of Alaska
Alaska Methodist University
Mike Kunz
Galbraith Lake
Kunz
Brooks Mountains
Yukon River
Arctic Ocean