Last year, an Alaska was discovered to be discovered by a cache that was about 1,000 years old, and recently discovered by military officials – giving a view of food storage Methods of the past.
Archaeologists from the common base of Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), N , where the discovery was made was made.
Caves of cache are like root cellars. Were used to preserve fish, meat and berriessaid archeologist Elizabeth Ortiz.
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“The cases have been dug into well -drained soils and lined with birch and layers of food for conservation of food and rarely detected intact,” Ortiz said, the statement said.
Radiocarbon’s initial outlets have discovered that a food storage pit has been used about 1,000 years ago.
In June 2024, a cache for about 1,000 years along the Alaska trail was discovered. (Joint base of Elmendorf-Richardson)
The pit was found along the trail, known to be used by people from indigenous Dene in the region.
He measured about 3½ deep, researchers said.
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Dene, or Athabascan, is a linguistic group that extends from the interior of Alaska via Canada and American southwest, according to a statement.
Athabascans, including the people of Dena’ina and Ahtna, are dene speakers.
Pit for cache that the indigenous people in Alaska used to store foods deep measured about 3.5 feet. (Joint base of Elmendorf-Richardson)
“This is the oldest known place on the east side of the entrance Gornji Kuhar and further substantiates the oral traditions of Dena’in and Ahtna, which have been used for a long time,” said the archaeologist and manager for cultural resources, Margan Grover.
Most of the places were demolished by the army in 1942, Grover said.
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Still, the pit and his intact birch coverings were one of the few unobstructed features that remained in the place of Dene.
“We test to determine what types of food are stored in cache.”
The samples of intact lining of the bark were used to test the age and contents of the pit.
“Additional radiocarbon and stable isotope tests could provide new and significant information about the history of the upper chef’s entrance,” Ortiz said.
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“We also test to determine what types of food were stored in cache. “
Preliminary findings show that cache has been used to storage of meat or caribou meat.
Archaeologists test to determine what types of food are stored in the centuries -old clear pit of Alaska. (Joint base of Elmendorf-Richardson)
“People came to this area in the spring and would stay in the summer to catch up and to preserve salmon“According to the edition.
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Grover called the discovery “the occasion for people to understand who Dene was from Knik’s hand and how their ancestors lived on Earth that is now Jber and Anchorage.”
