Thandlät
Thandlät is a mountain to the west of Kusawa Lake in the Yukon. The first of the Yukon Ice Patches archaeological study artifacts to be discovered in 1997, was an atlatl dart fragment, which was located at an elevation of 1850 m on the mountain.
Etymology
The mountain was named Thandlät in the Southern Tutchone language.
Archaeology
The mountain of Thandlät is cited in literature about the traditional homelands of the Tlingit and the Southern Tutchone. The first of the Yukon Ice Patches archaeological study artifacts to be discovered in 1997, was an atlatl dart fragment, which was located at an elevation of 1850 m on the mountain.
References
- ^ "Traditional Homeland". Kusawa Park Steering Committee. nd. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
- ^ Cruikshank, J. (1985), Contributions to the Oral History of the Kusawa Lake Region, Yukon Territory, p. 28
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help) From Mrs. Annie Ned prepared for Archaeological Survey of Canada, National Museums of Canada. - ^ Cruikshank, Julie (January 1, 1991). Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders. UBC Press. p. 428.
- ^ Kuzyk, G.W.; Russell, D.E.; Farnell, R.S.; Gotthardt, R.M.; Hare, P.G.; Blake, E. (1999). "In pursuit of prehistoric c caribou on Thandlät, southern Yukon" (PDF). Arctic. 52 (2): 214–219. doi:10.14430/arctic924.
- ^ de la Cadena, Marisol; Starn, Orin, eds. (September 15, 2007). Indigenous Experience Today. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 384. ISBN 978-1845205195. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
In 1997, "a wildlife biologist hiking near a north facing alpine basin some 1,830 meters above sea level stumbled on a square-kilometer concentration of caribou droppings melting from an alpine snow patch. Artifacts were literally pouring out of melting ice. Subsequent research revealed evidence of ancient caribou harvesting on the mountain named Thandlät in Southern Tutchone language. Scientists describe this rare opportunity to explore questions about the prehistoric ecology of large caribou populations, implications of climate change for caribou, and human use of high-elevation hunting sites."