Alaska’s 13,800-year-old camp links to Russian sites
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Archaeologists working at Shég’ Xdaltth’i’, a site in Alaska, dated artifacts to 13,800 years ago, revealing evidence of a long-term camp used before the Bering Land Bridge disappeared.
Kelly Graf of the University of Kansas and her team uncovered thousands of objects at the site, including tools and animal bones. They also found distinctive diamond-shaped projectile points previously known only from two sites in Russia, across the Bering Strait.
The researchers believe obsidian and rhyolite found in Alaska originated from western areas, hinting at movement of people and materials. Graf proposes that people shared a common culture and may have travelled between Alaska and Russia, following migrating animals. The discovery suggests a cultural connection between prehistoric groups on both sides of what is now the Bering Strait. Graf notes that further archaeological work in Alaska could reveal even older sites and expand understanding of this early cultural exchange.
