Development Of Alaska

By saylorman
  • 22,000 BCE

    Crossing Beringia

    Crossing Beringia
    -Involved: Early Nomads
    -Where: Over the Bering Sea; connecting Siberia to Alaska
    -Important because: Beringia is believed to be the reason why Alaska, and America, was populated before Columbus.
  • 13,000 BCE

    Tailored Clothing

    Tailored Clothing
    -Involved: Yupik/Inupiat
    -Where:
    -Important because: Tailored clothing allowed the Yupik/Inupiat to make things such as parkas and warm pants, which were key clothing items that helped them survive the harsh, long winters.
  • 10,000 BCE

    Nenana Complex People

    -Invovled: Early Nomads
    -Where: Dry Creek & Walker Road
    -Important because: Nenana Complex tools, such as bifaces and unifies, lead archaeologists to believe that their ancestors are from coastal Asia, the Maritime Territory of Russia, Japan, and Kamchatka.
  • 9000 BCE

    Charlie Lake Cave

    Charlie Lake Cave
    • Invovled: Early Nomads
    • Where: Peace River area
    • Important because: Charlie Lake Cave, when at it's lowest point, allows archaeologists to find evidence of things that show past temporary occupations. Stone artifacts, such as a fluted point, six retouched flakes, and a small bead, have all been found in the cave.
  • 8000 BCE

    Mackenzie Corridor

    • Involved: Early Nomads
    • Where: Western coast of North America
    • Important because: The Mackenzie Corridor - also known as the Coastal Route - not only provided migration paths on land, but in the water as well.
  • 3500 BCE

    Oil Lamps

    Oil Lamps
    • Involved: Yupik/Inupiat
    • Where: Kodiak Island
    • Important because: These oil lamps allowed the tribe to cook meat properly by using them as oil burning stove lamps, and eventually became widespread in tundra areas.
  • 2200 BCE

    Oldest Find

    Oldest Find
    • Involved: Early Nomads
    • When: Western & Northern Alaska
    • Important because: One of the oldest finds in Alaska is called a microblade. Microblades are a multi-use blade that is important because it was a key tool used for hunting and building by the early nomads.
  • 2200 BCE

    Whaling

    Whaling
    • Involved: Yupik/Inupiat
    • Where: Point Hope & Barrow
    • Important because: Whales fed loads of people, so during their migration seasons - spring and fall - whaling was a top priority.
  • 2000 BCE

    Arctic Small Tools

    Arctic Small Tools
    • Involved: Yupik/Inupiat
    • Where: Alaska & Arctic Canada
    • Important because: AST people created small tools, such as microblades, which played big roles in hunting and building.
  • 1200 BCE

    Fishing Devices

    Fishing Devices
    • Involved: Tlingit people
    • Where: Angoon
    • Important because: The Tlingit tribe used to use wooden weirs for fishing, which helped provide for them all.
  • 1000 BCE

    Toggle Harpoon Heads

    Toggle Harpoon Heads
    • Involved: Yupik/Inupiat
    • Where: Aleutains
    • Important because: The toggle harpoon heads were an advanced hunting tool that helped the Natives by twisting sideways while anchoring into an animal's flesh.
  • 16 BCE

    Copper Find

    Copper Find
    • Involved: Ahtna
    • Where: Copper River
    • Important because: Copper was a fair size, unbreakable, and not extremely easy to find. The main source of copper, the Copper River, was controlled by the Ahtna leaders.
  • 16

    Thule Culture

    Thule Culture
    • Involved: Thule people
    • Where: Point Barrow & Greenland
    • Important because: The significance of the Thule people moving to Greenland is that half the culture wouldn't still be thriving in Greenland today if they didn't move from Alaska.
  • 500

    Artwork

    • Involved: Tikigaq residents
    • Where: Tikigaq
    • Important because: The artwork expresses the beliefs, feelings, and emotions of the tribe, and left traces to where the Tikigaq settled.
  • 500

    Snowshoes

    Snowshoes
    • Involved: Yupik/Inupiat
    • Where: Interior of Alaska
    • Important because: Snowshoes are extremely useful tools when it comes to heavy snowfall, and though remade in a more advanced form, are still made today.
  • Sep 26, 1016

    Athabascan Lifestyle

    Athabascan Lifestyle
    • Involved: Athabascan
    • Where: Kenai Peninsula
    • Important because: Archaeologists were able to find sites containing copper tools and other artifacts that decipher places they've lived, how they hunted, and more.
  • Sep 26, 1100

    Items Made Of Copper

    Items Made Of Copper
    • Involved: Ahtna
    • Where: Copper River
    • Important because: The Ahtna people eventually learned how to turn copper nuggets into tools, weapons, and ornaments - such as awls, knives, spearheads, bracelets, and beads - which helped advance their daily lifestyle.
  • Sep 26, 1100

    Dogsled

    Dogsled
    • Involved: Yupik/Inupiat
    • Where: Alaska
    • Important because:

  • Uncovered So Far

    • Involved: Tlingit
    • Where: Throughout Alaska
    • Important because: Archaeologists have been finding evidence to why villagers chose each site to settle in.