Josh Reuther

UAF Researchers, Students Resume Excavation of Chena, Gold-Mining Boom Town Gone Bust

Tim Ellis

A group of University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers and students that spent six weeks at an archeological site just west of the city are compiling…

Science

Archeologists Study How Early Inhabitants Adapted to Quartz Lake’s Varying Water Level

Tim Ellis

Quartz Lake is shrinking -- the water level of the popular lake just north of Delta Junction is dropping. And while researchers try to find out why,…

Science

New Study Recounts Discovery of ‘Ancient Beringian’ Ancestors of Indigenous Peoples

Tim Ellis

UAF archeology professor Ben Potter and an international team of scientists he worked with has discovered evidence of a previously unknown, ancient people…

Learning

Anthropologists Using ‘Tiny Tools’ to Uncover Big Discoveries at Site on Army Training Range

Tim Ellis

Anthropologists with the University of Alaska Fairbanks say a site they’re excavating near the Delta River west of Fort Greely was first inhabited by…

Changing Arctic

Climate Change Destroying Natives' Relics

Tim Ellis

Climate change is destroying the historical record of Arctic peoples.Josh Reuther opens the heavy door to the artifact repository at the University of…