Karst caves in Haida Gwaii: Archaeology and paleontology at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition

D Fedje, Q Mackie, D McLaren, B Wigen… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Karst cave investigations in the south of Haida Gwaii have opened a small window on
human and paleontological components of the early post-glacial landscape. At three cave …

Postglacial relative sea level histories of northern Vancouver Island, Canada

B Letham, D Fedje, CFG Hebda, A Dyck… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The northwest coast of North America exhibits highly variable patterns of relative sea-level
(RSL) change following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) that reflect proximity to the …

Dating marine shell: A guide for the wary North American archaeologist

CS Hadden, I Hutchinson, A Martindale - American Antiquity, 2023 - cambridge.org
Radiocarbon dates on marine shell and other materials of marine origin appear significantly
older than contemporaneous samples of terrestrial/atmospheric origin. Misunderstandings …

Late Pleistocene and early Holocene sea-level history and glacial retreat interpreted from shell-bearing marine deposits of southeastern Alaska, USA

JF Baichtal, AJ Lesnek, RJ Carlson… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We leverage a data set of> 720 shell-bearing marine deposits throughout southeastern
Alaska (USA) to develop updated relative sea-level curves that span the past∼ 14,000 yr …

Where ice gave way to fire: deglacial volcanic activity at the edge of the Coast Mountains in Milbanke Sound, BC

TS Hamilton, RJ Enkin, Z Li… - … Journal of Earth …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Kitasu Hill and MacGregor Cone formed along the Principe Laredo Fault on British
Columbia's central coast as the Wisconsinan ice sheet withdrew from the Coast Mountains …

Freshwater and anadromous fishing in Ice Age Beringia

BA Potter, CM Halffman, HJ McKinney, JD Reuther… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
While freshwater and anadromous fish have been critical economic resources for late
prehistoric and modern Native Americans, the origin and development of fishing is not well …

[HTML][HTML] Geo-archaeology and Haíɫzaqv oral history: Long-term human investment and resource use at EkTb-9, Triquet Island, N̓úláw̓itxˇv Tribal Area, Central …

A Gauvreau, D Fedje, A Dyck, Q Mackie… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Archaeological site EkTb-9 is located on Triquet Island in the N̓úláw̓itxˇv Tribal area of
Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation territory, on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The …

Ancient bears provide insights into Pleistocene ice age refugia in Southeast Alaska

FA da Silva Coelho, S Gill, CM Tomlin… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract During the Late Pleistocene, major parts of North America were periodically
covered by ice sheets. However, there are still questions about whether ice‐free refugia …

Late Pleistocene Faunal Assemblages from Karst Cave Settings on Northern Vancouver Island, Canada

D McLaren, R Wigen, D Fedje, A Dyck, CFG Hebda… - …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We present the results of our investigations in karst caves on northern Vancouver Island.
This work focuses on late Pleistocene faunal remains and potential archaeological deposits …

[HTML][HTML] A paleogenome from a Holocene individual supports genetic continuity in Southeast Alaska

A Aqil, S Gill, O Gokcumen, RS Malhi, EA Reese… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Many specifics of the population histories of the Indigenous peoples of North America
remain contentious owing to a dearth of physical evidence. Only few ancient human …