Initial findings suggest the cache was used to preserve moose and caribou meat in the harsh climate of southeastern Alaska ...

The Dene people, or Athabascans, including the Dena'ina and Ahtna tribes, traditionally used these areas for summer fishing ...

Archaeologists Find a 1000-Yr-Old Pit Used by Indigenous Tribe to Store Meat and Berries During Harsh Seasons Archaeologists ...

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou ...

Air Force engineers and archaeologists in Alaska have discovered a food cache on the Upper Cook Inlet southwest of Anchorage used 1,000 years ago to store salmon, moose, caribou, and berries.

U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research shows that caribou will optimize their migration path based on their collective memories. Caribou are the most abundant large mammal species on land ...

We sat on the hillside with the amazing panoramic view of Alaska as a backdrop behind us, pondering on how I was going to approach a little group of Caribou without them spotting me. We had ...

A 1,000-year-old cache pit believed to have been used to store moose or caribou meat has been discovered in Alaska, providing ...

according to a Dec. 6 news release from the Alaska military complex where the discovery was made. Cache pits are like root cellars. They were used to preserve fish, meat and berries, archaeologist ...