Scottie creek culture history project - Yukon College field school
In collaboration with the White River First Nation of Beaver Creek, Yukon, and the Village Councils of Northway, Tetlin, and Tanacross, Alaska, Yukon College offers an exciting and unique opportunity to participate in ethnographic and archaeological research in the Mirror Creek and Scottie Creek valleys of the upper Tanana River watershed.
During summer 2010, continuing excavation at the Little John site will focus on recovery of the 11,000 to 14,000-year-old Pleistocene stone tools and faunal remains from the site, further investigations of Holocene occupations, and documentation of contemporary and traditional land use, language, and culture. This joint White River First Nation - Yukon College project involves students and local First Nation youth and elders in integrated investigations of the region's history, language, and culture.
The Yukon-Alaska borderlands is the traditional homeland of the Upper Tanana Dineh, a social and linguistice sub-group of the subarctic Athapaskans, and lies within the administrative boundaries of the White River First Nation and Northway Village Council.
Pre-historic and early historic aboriginal occupations of the Mirror and Scottie Creek valleys will be investigated through archaeological survey and excavations. Oral history, place names, and contemporary ethnography of the region will also be recorded. Fieldwork in 2009 will focus on further excavation of the late Pleistocene/early Holocene Little John site (KdVo-6), and additional survey and excavation of related local sites. Ethnographic documentation of ethnobotanical knowledge and cultural geography will also be undertaken.
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Détails de la chambre et pension
Students and participants are responsible for room and board prior to arrival at the field camp. Living conditions in field are by tent and camp food; costs for field food,transportation, and equipment is included in field activity fee. Optional attendance at Dawson City Music Festival at Student's expense.
Accès au site
Travel by vehicle to Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory. Proceed 14 miles north along Alaska Highway to site, accessible from the highway.
Formation archéologique offerte
Field school students will receive training in all aspects of archaeological excavation, survey, and field laboratory techniques, ethnographic observation through participant observation, developing field notes, and primary analytical techniques. Field lectures will be cover a range of topics as detailed in the course outline.
Détails
Number of credits: 6 - 9 university transfer credits (2nd year)
Offered by: Yukon College
Tuition: $2,000.00 includes course registration ( 6 credits) and field activity fee
Offered by: Yukon College
Tuition: $2,000.00 includes course registration ( 6 credits) and field activity fee
Activités organisées
Evening lectures on a variety of relevant topics by the instructor and visiting specialists.
Regular participation in local community events, including evening baseball games, Canada Day Parade, community dinners and potlatches, and Archie's Annual Horseshoe Tournament for Wayward Anthropologists.
Restriction au voyagement personnel
We regularly travel between our Yukon field camp and sites and activities in Alaska.
A Current Valid Passport is Required.
Info contact
Norman Alexander Easton, Yukon College
Contact Person:
Norman Alexander Easton
500 College Drive, P.O. Box 2799
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Y1A 5K4
Canada
867-668-8770
867-668-8805
Affiliés et commanditaires
Yukon College and White River First Nation
Lectures recommandées
Easton, N. A., G.R. MacKay, P.B. Young, P. Schnurr, and D. R. Yesner, "Chisana In Canada—Emergent Evidence Of The Pleistocene Transition Of Southeast Beringia as Revealed By The Little John Site (KdVo-6), Yukon Territory, Canada." Ted Goebel and Ian Buvit (eds.), From the Yenisei to the Yukon: Interpreting Lithic Assemblage Variability in Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Beringia. Chapter 17. Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2009.
Easton, Norman Alexander and G. R. MacKay, "Early Bifaces from the Little John Site (KdVo6), Yukon Territory, Canada." In R. Carlson and M. Magne, Projectile Point Sequences in Northwestern North America,. 263-282. Simon Fraser University Press, Burnaby, B.C., 2008.
Easton, N. A., D. R. Yesner, V. Hutchinson, P. Schnurr and C. Baker, "Wisconsin Interstadial(?), Terminal-Pleistocene, and Early-Holocene Radiocarbon Dates from the Little John Site, Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada." Current Research in the Pleistocene. Vol. 26. Volume 26, Pages 47-50. Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2009.
Easton, Norman Alexander, "King George Got Diarrhea: The Yukon-Alaska Boundary Survey, Bill Rupe, and the Scottie Creek Dineh." Alaska Journal of Anthropology. Volume 5, Number 1.. 5(1): 95-118. Anchorage, Alaska, 2007.
Easton, Norman Alexander, "It's Hard Enough to Control Yourself - It's Ridiculous to Think You Can Control Animals: Competing Views on the Bush in Contemporary Yukon ." The Northern Review. 29 (Fall): 21-38. Whitehorse, Yukon, 2008.
Easton, Norman Alexander and G. R. MacKay, "Early Bifaces from the Little John Site (KdVo6), Yukon Territory, Canada." In R. Carlson and M. Magne, Projectile Point Sequences in Northwestern North America,. 263-282. Simon Fraser University Press, Burnaby, B.C., 2008.
Easton, N. A., D. R. Yesner, V. Hutchinson, P. Schnurr and C. Baker, "Wisconsin Interstadial(?), Terminal-Pleistocene, and Early-Holocene Radiocarbon Dates from the Little John Site, Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada." Current Research in the Pleistocene. Vol. 26. Volume 26, Pages 47-50. Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2009.
Easton, Norman Alexander, "King George Got Diarrhea: The Yukon-Alaska Boundary Survey, Bill Rupe, and the Scottie Creek Dineh." Alaska Journal of Anthropology. Volume 5, Number 1.. 5(1): 95-118. Anchorage, Alaska, 2007.
Easton, Norman Alexander, "It's Hard Enough to Control Yourself - It's Ridiculous to Think You Can Control Animals: Competing Views on the Bush in Contemporary Yukon ." The Northern Review. 29 (Fall): 21-38. Whitehorse, Yukon, 2008.
