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Timeline
Paleomarine Tradition
10,000 years ago
Sea levels once lowered by maximum glaciation rise with melting
of the glaciers. While people could have lived here before, the
first evidence is 10,000 years ago. Microblades and cores found
at campsites tie early maritime people to Siberian migrations
8,000 years ago
Evidence indicates people subsisted on clams, fish, seals, sea
lions, beaver, deer, and blueberries.
Transitional Period
7,000 years ago
Glacial activity crests, fluctuation in sea level and climate.
Minimal evidence of people's activity is currently documented.
Developmental Northwest
Coast Traditions
5,000 years ago
The development of a new technology is evidenced by ground and
polished stone and bone tools.
3,000 years ago
Specialized subsistence camps marked by fish weirs and large
deposits of shell refuse.
2,000 years ago
Heavy house posts and floors signal the use of large houses in
permanent villages.
500 years ago
The wide variation in tools such as stone lamps and native copper
shows the diverse technologies of the people.
Euro-American Exploration
and Trade
250 years ago
Chirikof and other explorers sail waters of Southeast Alaska.
Iron and beads are evidence of early contact. Following Vancouver's
charting of inside waters in 1793, trading posts and forts are
established. Excavations uncover nails, hinges, knives, axes,
bottles, pottery, and structures.
Developmental Industrial
Period
130 years ago
Abandoned gear and campsites along the Stikine River mark the
first gold rush in Southeast Alaska. Mining and exploration continues.
Russia sells Alaska to the U.S. in 1867. Most visible structures
from this period are the U.S. Coast Survey lighthouses.
110 years ago
Early canneries represent the development of industrial endeavors.
Associated artifacts recall the Asian laborers' contributions
to this effort.
70 years ago
With the expansion of the fishing industry and the establishment
of new communities, saw mills flourish. Some of these structures
remain, but evidence of Russian mills is gone.
Statehood for Alaska in 1959
Present
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This timeline is shown graphically
in a series of pictures and
described in more detail in Passages. |
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