Saturday Talk 4-19-2014

[Nok Acker]

Nuvuk, Walakpa and Beyond

Heritage and Archaeology on the North Slope of Alaska

 

WHO:             Anne Jensen                

WHEN:         Saturday, April 19, 2014, at 1:30 pm

 WHERE:      Barrow Arctic Research Center

(new science building)

 

ALL AGES WELCOME

Need a ride? A van will be in front of Cold Man Coffee at 1:00,

at Tuzzy Library at 1:15 pm to

take people to and from the presentation.

 

HOST:                  Nokinba Acker, BASC

 

            Anne will talk about recent projects in the Barrow area as examples of archaeology projects where local students and adults have been very involved. The Nuvuk Archaeology Project began in 1998 at community request excavated much of a rapidly eroding village cemetery with a crew of local high school students. The Walakpa Archaeological Salvage Project started last summer when a house started eroding at Monument. Timing meant students were heading back to school, but we were able to use volunteers to stretch limited funds for a crew. The Inupiat Heritage Center also provided a staff member as part of the crew.

Anne will also talk about ways you can be involved with the projects, either as a student crew member (there are some paid jobs) or a volunteer.  She will also talk about ways to keep up with what is happening on the projects between talks.

 

Come celebrate Alaska Archaeology Month!

 

 

         Brought to you by the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium

                                                 See BASC Saturday Talks at YouTube.com Search (nokinba123)                

 

SCHOOLYARD PROJECT

For more information call Nokinba Acker at 852-4881 or email – nok....@arcticscience.org