Fireside Chat Jan. 18 at Campbell Creek Science Center Arrows, Atlatls, and Gopher Sticks — Windows to Our Northern Past
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Well-preserved artifacts recovered from snow patches in the high country of Alaska and the Yukon coupled with Native oral histories are providing a fascinating picture of how Athabascan people hunted, trapped, and gathered resources in alpine areas before western contact. Richard VanderHoek with the Alaska Office of History and Archaeology will bring artifact re-creations and explain how ice patch archaeology is helping us better understand how people lived here long ago.
The talk begins at 7 p.m. at the Bureau of Land Management’s Campbell Creek Science Center. The Science Center is located at the Campbell Tract, near 68th Avenue and Elmore Road.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.