The environment of the arctic was perhaps more of a challenge in the past than it is today, with our new technologies for keeping warm: but the rich cultures that thrived there in the past can still teach us about how to survive and thrive there today.
Frozen Spring in Tundra, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Madhav Pai
About.com's Guide to the Arctic
Arctic Cultural Groups
- Late or Terminal Siberian Upper Paleolithic (ca 16000-9000 BC)
- Shield Archaic, (ca 4500-0 BC)
- Aleutian Tradition (ca 2500 BC-AD 1800)
- Arctic Small Tool Tradition (ca 2000-800 BC)
- Thule Tradition (ca AD 1-1600)
Important Arctic Archaeological Sites
- Anangula (Alaska)
- Ushki Lakes (Russia)
- Chaluka (Alaska)
- Nelson River (Canada)
- Yana Rhinoceros Horn Site (Russia)
- Bering Strait Land Bridge
Comments
Don’t forget the Mesa Site.