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10/05/2021
The Aleutian Mercury Dynamics Project brings together kids and zooarch during Camp Qungaayux^ on Unalaska.
Aleutian Mercury Dynamics Dr. Nicole Misarti (CoI) works with culture camp kids at the Agnes Beach site, Unalaska. August 2021. Photo by Thomas McLenigan, Museum of the Aleutians.
08/11/2021
Research from the 2017-2018 analysis we did for the Unalaska Sea Ice Project has just been published! Check out the article link below- it is free to download for 50 days.
Instances of avian osteoarthritis from the Unalaska Sea Ice Project, Unalaska Island, Alaska This project is designed to examine the prevalence of skeletal pathology in two archaeological avian bone assemblages.Archaeological avian bone assemb…
08/10/2021
Stop Calling the Aleutians Pristine Indigenous peoples who lived in the Aleutian Islands for thousands of years didn’t trash the environment—that doesn’t mean their presence should be dismissed.
07/28/2021
UB Zooarchaeology has been rebranded as the Aleutian Zooarchaeology Group! Watch this page for upcoming news and blog posts about our Aleutian based faunal analyses.
06/08/2021
Preparing for a museum collections visit for the Aleutian Mercury Dynamics Project with a refresh on the smallest otariids. Northern fur seal juvenile on the lab table today.
11/11/2020
10/14/2020
Deer heads and a bighorn sheep out of the compost and into the lab - finalizing Dr. Ariel Taivalkoski's zooarchaeology composting tests at UB!