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Recent excavations by University of Aberdeen archaeologists and a Yup’ik community at the frozen Nunalleq village site have provided an unprecedented and spectacular view of pre-contact life on Alaska’s Bering Sea. Come to the King's Museum to explore Yup’ik Eskimo lifeways through the lens of archaeology.
'Nunalleq', meaning 'the old village' in Yup'ik, is a winter village site in Alaska dating from 1350 – 1650AD. The permafrost has preserved tens of thousands of rarely seen artefacts from wood and other organic materials, and the research, co-conducted by the University of Aberdeen, is a race against time as rising sea levels and melting permafrost are eroding the site at a catastrophic rate.
This lecture accompanies the current exhibition Nunalleq: the Yupitt and the Arctic World at King’s Museum. Nunalleq: The Yupiit and the Arctic World is an exhibition of recent archaeological discoveries from western Alaska, excavated by a team from the University of Aberdeen in partnership with the Yup’ik Eskimo village of Quinhagak.
- Speaker
- Dr Rick Knecht
- Venue
- New King's 10