These artifacts from Helge Larsen's 1949-1950 excavations at the Trail Creek Caves Site are housed at the Danish National Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.Interior of Trail Creek Cave 2
The Trail Creek Caves are a group of twelve caves found within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska. This is a significant archeological site due to the discovery of several artifacts of ancient hunters. These included stone tools and bone fragments dated to 8,500 years or earlier. The caves were discovered in 1928 by Taylor Moto and Alfred Karmun, locals from Deering, Alaska. Geologist David Hopkins tested the site in 1948. This location was first excavated in from 1949-1950 by Danish archeologist Helge Larsen.[1] The caves are located along Trail Creek 65°47′28″N163°24′58″W / 65.79111°N 163.41611°W / 65.79111; -163.41611 near its mouth at Cottonwood Creek[2] in the Northwest Arctic Borough.[3]
In 2018, researchers sequenced the genome to around .4 coverage from a tooth excavated from Trail Creek Cave 2 in 1949. The tooth, directly dated to around 9000 BP, belonged to a young child. The young child from Trail Creek Cave 2 was found to cluster genetically with USR1 from the Upward Sun River site in a hypothesized ancient DNA population grouping referred to as Ancient Beringian. As with USR2 from the Upward Sun River site, the child from Trail Creek Cave 2 was also found to carry a basal lineage of Haplogroup B2; this specific mtDNA lineage is different from the derived B2 lineage generally found in the Americas.[1]
The TrailCreekCaves are a group of twelve caves found within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska...
visited location. Other notable locations in the preserve include the TrailCreekCaves, Devil Mountain Lakes, and the Lost Jim Lava Flow. Dorothy Falls Copper...
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species, from Asia to North America. Excavations at sites such as the TrailCreekCaves and Cape Espenberg in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve as...
grazing in the CaveCreek – River Styx watershed. Most caves created from dissolved rocks are formed in limestone or dolomite, but Oregon Caves was formed...
CaveTrail, also known as Alum Cave Bluff Trail, is a hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Sevier County, Tennessee. The trail...
population. USR1 forms a distinct clade with the individual from Cave 2 of the TrailCreekCaves on the Seward Peninsula. When compared with modern populations...
Many areas on these trails have seen new construction, making the journey to the caves safer.[citation needed] Most of the caves may be entered by persons...
a cave above the falls and disappears from the pool at the base. Cane Creek Overlook, located just off the Gorge Trail, looks out over Cane Creek Falls...
sinkholes, caves, and springs. The Spicewood Springs trail, one of the hiking trails in the park, has numerous creek crossings. The trail is 2.5-mile...
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outcroppings located along the Backbone Trail in Malibu, California. The area is locally famous for the 'Morrison Cave', a spot which was frequented by Jim...
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3.4 miles (5.5 km) from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. LeConte Creek Rainbow Falls Rocky Spur The trail asserts itself from the beginning, immediately ascending...
long trail to the cave entrance gains 1,092 feet (333 m) height, but it is paved and fairly wide making it accessible for most people. The three caves of...
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the trail follows much the same route as the Oregon Trail and the California Trail; these trails are collectively known as the Emigrant Trail. The Mormon...
There are numerous creek and river crossings, with some steep ascents and descents. Barrington Tops to Jenolan Caves Jenolan Caves to Kosciuszko Mount...
Weogufka Creek near Weogufka State Forest at 545 feet. The Pinhoti Trail is a part of the Eastern Continental Trail and the Great Eastern Trail, both very...
Several hiking and biking trails follow the creek along most of its course, including the 12-mile long Green Ribbon Trail from North Wales to Flourtown...
Gizzard creek, and thereby the trail alongside it, might have gotten its name. One suggests that, while eating a turkey at his camp along the creek, Davy...
park are over 25 miles (40 km) of hiking trails, rock formations, waterfalls, and recess caves. The trails are open from dawn to dusk, all year round...
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