Digital public archaeology: Excavating data from digs done decades ago and connecting with today’s communities
- Written by Emily Fletcher, Ph.D. Candidate in Archaeology, Purdue University
Archaeologists excavate at the Gulkana Site in the 1970s.Dr. William Workman Photo CollectionThe ancestors of Alaska Native people began using local copper sources to craft intricate tools roughly 1,000 years ago. Over one-third of all copper objects archaeologists have found in this region were excavated at a single spot, named the Gulkana Site.
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