The Swan Point “treasure” unearthed in Alaska has provided much vivid evidence for the mysterious “bridge” connecting Alaska and Siberia, according to a new statement from the Alaska Office of History and Archeology (OHA).
Acient Origins quoted OHA archaeologist Chuck Holmes as saying that research from the Swan Pint has helped shed light on the region’s prehistory, providing evidence that humans have actually been exploring the Americas since 14,000. years ago, and the first place they set foot was Alaska.
An archaeological area at Swan Point – Photo: OHA
“This is the oldest, most complete age range we have of human remains in Alaska,” Mr. Holmes said.
Here, archaeologists have discovered many artifacts, mainly working tools. Modern methods of determining the age using radiocarbon isotopes on items made of mammoth ivory show that they are 14,000 years old.
Some objects made by the first immigrants to Alaska are special archaeological treasures – Photo: OHA
The strongest evidence that Alaskans were inhabitants of Siberia is a short sword-like stone tool, very similar to the type used by the Dyuktai people of Siberia during the same period.
These things have helped clarify and prove the “Beringia land bridge” theory that some scientists previously proposed.
According to that theory, the icy lands in the northern part of the world were not as discrete as they are today. About ten thousand years ago, a narrow strip of land connected Asia and North America. Therefore, people explored this new world many years before Columbus found it by just the very simple method of walking.
However, it took thousands of years for people from Alaska to move down to the rest.
