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- Title
ARCHEOLOGY ON ICE.
- Authors
Dixon, E. James; Shinn, Dorothy; Finnesand, Taña K.
- Abstract
Archeology on Ice is a museum exhibition describing the unique archaeological discoveries found melting from ancient ice as a result of climate change. The exhibit results from a partnership between the University of New Mexico Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and the Ahtna Heritage Foundation (AHF). The exhibit was funded by the National Science Foundation and installed at the AHF C'ek'aedi Hwnax Legacy House in Copper Center, Alaska, where it serves as an educational resource for the AHF. It includes replicas of unique artifacts collected at ice patches and interprets artifacts from lands traditionally used by Athabascan people. This region now comprises much of Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and is administered by the U.S. National Park Service. The exhibit includes four videos, artifact replicas, photographs, and interpretive panels. The exhibit's development identified its primary target audiences to be Ahtna tribal members, other Indigenous people, and individuals and groups interested in the Arctic and Alaska, archaeology, and the science of climate change.
- Subjects
ALASKA; ARCHAEOLOGY exhibitions; CLIMATE change; ETHNOLOGICAL museums &; collections; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Alaska Journal of Anthropology, 2020, Vol 18, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
1544-9793
- Publication type
Article