Archaeology and cultural preservation: a perspective from a Yup’ik village
Author(s): Warren Jones
Year: 2015
Summary
Qanirtuuq Incorporated and the village of Quinhagak have supported archaeology in our community since 2009. Thousands of our cultural artifacts have been saved from an eroding archaeological site, and are now being studied and preserved. Working with archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen is helping our people by protecting of our cultural heritage and also in helping to reconnect young people, elders and culture-bearers. In this presentation, I will speak about my community’s experience with archaeology and archaeologists, and where we will go from here.
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Archaeology and cultural preservation: a perspective from a Yup’ik village. Warren Jones. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 395830)
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Arctic
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min long: -178.41; min lat: 62.104 ; max long: 178.77; max lat: 83.52 ;