2017 Field School

In May and June of 2017, our small field school returned to the Swan Point site in central Alaska to excavate an ancient purported housepit. During the field season, we confirmed the remains were of an ancient household (~1900 years old), and also recovered the remains of an ancient child's fooprint.

Read about our finds here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2019/04/26/alaskan-childs-footprint-is-rare-evidence-of-prehistoric-subarctic-life/#45402373b07a

And find the primary publication here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332100846_A_track_in_the_Tanana_Forensic_analysis_of_a_Late_Holocene_footprint_from_central_Alaska