Long Ago Yukon presents a talk on the Alligator Lake Atlatl, a 6,000 year-old hunting dart, at the Beringia Centre on Saturday October 19, 2019, starting at 1:00pm. Christian Thomas will present a talk on the fully intact ancient throwing spear discovered on August 26, 2018 near Alligator Lake in the Yukon Territory.
The Alligator Lake Atlatl (AT-Lattle) is a 6,000 year-old hunting dart and will be the subject of a talk at the Yukon Beringia Centre on Saturday October 19th, 2019 at 1pm.
Christian Thomas, Special Projects Archaeologist with the Heritage Resources Unit of Yukon Tourism and Culture will present the talk.
On August 26th, 2018 members of the Yukon Ice Patch Research project discovered what might be the only fully intact ancient throwing spear in the world. The spear was found within the overlapping traditional territories of the Carcross Tagish First Nation and the Kwanlin Dunn First Nation near Alligator Lake.
The atlatl is a First Nations hunting weapon that was used across the subarctic north until the bow and arrow replaced it roughly 1,000 years ago. The preservation of this 6,000 year old spear has allowed Yukon Researchers to better understand that the technology is much more complex than once imagined.
Long Ago Yukon, an archaeology and palaeontology interest group will host Christian Thomas, the first speaker in the 2019-2020 series of talks entitled "The Alligator Atlatl: A 6,000 year-old hunting dart offers new insights for the Yukon Ice Patch researchers."
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