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eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 02:50 PM Sep 2012

Race to save Alaskan Arctic archaeology (BBC)

By Nick Crumpton

BBC News, Aberdeen

A recently discovered 500-year-old Alaskan settlement is rapidly disappearing into the Bearing Sea.

The exquisitely preserved frozen site provides a spectacular insight into the Yup'ik Eskimo culture.

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen are using isotope analyses on recovered Eskimo hair to investigate how humans adapted to rapid climate change in the Arctic village.

The research was discussed at the British Science Festival.

The Yup'ik culture was one of the last contacted Eskimo societies, but prevailed over an area three times the size of Scotland.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19521091

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Race to save Alaskan Arctic archaeology (BBC) (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Sep 2012 OP
tangentially, we should take ice and permafrost cores... phantom power Sep 2012 #1
Future museum display bongbong Sep 2012 #2
1973: Nihil Sep 2012 #4
du rec. Nt xchrom Sep 2012 #3
 

bongbong

(5,436 posts)
2. Future museum display
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 03:32 PM
Sep 2012

"Look kids, this is genuine ice! And in this display, take a look at real, natural snow!"

 

Nihil

(13,508 posts)
4. 1973:
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:18 AM
Sep 2012

...
There behind a glass is a real blade of grass
be careful as you pass.
Move along! Move along!
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