Have you ever wondered what sort of projects archaeologists in the Yukon work on?

A few weeks ago, we sat down with Development Assessment Archaeologists Holly Smith and Michael Grooms to discuss the 2023 field season. Click the link below to get a glimpse of some of the exciting projects the Yukon Archaeology team worked on this year.

https://youtu.be/rWEJSNrIRr4?si=vgofng2hqop905gC

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Today we are sad to close the Apidima 2023 #excavation season. ☹️

We will be back next year... 😉🤩 #FieldFriday

Recently, Liz and Sue from Yukon Palaeontology were in the field doing one of the things they do best: hunting for fossils. During one of their visits to a mine in the Klondike, they were lucky enough to team up with two of the best bone hunters around, Diora and Kanon Marsters.

Here you can see Diora showing off and labeling one of her finds, a Beringian lion mandible. What a great discovery!

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Let's take a closer look at some of the #mammoth fossils we currently have on display at the Centre.

#DYK that mammoth teeth (aka molars), are common fossils in the Yukon? Mammoth molars are very distinctive, with hard vertical enamel plates. Because these plates formed a flat grinding surface, mammoth teeth were well suited to breaking down the tough grasses that flourished in Beringia during the last glacial period.

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