Monday, September 10, 2012

Mari williams --- Eskimo settlement found

           Eskimo settlement found                                               

              BBC reports that a 500-year old Alasken Eskimo Settlement was recently discovered eroding from under the permafrost, and it’s     giving researchers the ability to study a culture that went through its own dramatic climate change centuries ago.
      Researchers report that under the frozen site are the ancient ruins belonging to the Yup’ik Eskimo society. The Yup'ik―which are still represented in Alaska today―were one of the last Eskimo societies to be contacted, and in their heyday, were among the Artic's most powerful and well- represented cultures. 
    The University of Aberdeen has been rescuing thousands of artifacts from the site, most of which are characterized as “exquisitely preserved” after centuries of being encased in frost. They include everything one would expect from village life including animal furs, woven grass, figurines and even human hair.
   The site is known as Nunalleq and is believed to have been inhabited between AD 1350 and AD 1650. During that time, the area reportedly suffered what’s termed as “The Little Ice Age.”  In contrast to our climate issues, the Yup’ik were subjected to rapidly falling temperatures and expanding ice  caps. 


   This article is explaining that there has been a settlement from the 1350's found frozen under snow and frost? The team that found the settlement hope to get more information than have. (I. E.) the researchers found animal fur and human hair at the site. They hope to find how eskimos evolve their behavior for the changing environment. Also what were encluded in their diets in those types of temperature and how they survived.

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