11,100-year-old trap proves people lived in Alaska 1,000 years earlier than believed

11,100-year-old trap proves people lived in Alaska 1,000 years earlier than believed

By Mark Price

Source: kansas

10/26/2022

Credit: Jill Heinerth, Stone Aerospace

Remains of an elaborate stone fish trap have been discovered on the seafloor off Southeast Alaska, and scientists say it proves Indigenous people occupied the region 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. Known as a fish weir, the ancient trap dates back about 11,100 years, the Sealaska Heritage Institute reported in a news release.

That makes it likely “the oldest stone fish weir ever found in the world ... and it is the first one ever confirmed underwater in North America,” scientists said. It was discovered over the summer as part of a project funded by NOAA Ocean Exploration to search seafloor caves for evidence of early human occupation, according to the release.

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