Denali National Park in Denali Borough, Alaska — Northwest (North America)
Ice Age Hunters
The Deadliest Predators
Photographed By Byron Hooks, September 3, 2013
1. Ice Age Hunters Marker
High above river valleys, at overlooks like this, Denali’s first human visitors watch for mammoth, giant bison, and caribou. Ridge tops made the best game launching platforms; herds tend to follow sheltered stream corridors.
Hunters had to be expert, deadly; the climate was too harsh for year-round edible plants. Caribou fur made the warmest clothing. Its microscopically hollow hairs are a natural insulator.
While they waited the hunters made knives and repaired and sharpened weapons - archaeologist have discovered spear points, chipped blades, in stone cutting holders. The evidence is scant but datable: 10,000 years ago these nomadic hunters - descendants of people who crossed the Bering land bridge – followed caribou trails through Denali.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Anthropology & Archaeology • Native Americans.
Location. 63° 43.56′ N, 149° 24.977′ W. Marker is in Denali National Park, Alaska, in Denali Borough. Marker is on Park Road. Located at a rest stop along the Park Road in the Denali Nation Park, Park Road is closed to private vehicles. To reach this marker you can take one of the parks busses or an authorized tour bus, or hike in. See the
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Also see . . . Denali National Park. "Denali is six million acres of wild land, bisected by one ribbon of road. Travelers along it see the relatively low-elevation taiga forest give way to high alpine tundra and snowy mountains, culminating in North America's tallest peak, 20,320' Mount McKinley. Wild animals large and small roam unfenced lands, living as they have for ages. Solitude, tranquility and wilderness await." Source NPS web site (Submitted on October 26, 2013, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)
Additional keywords. hunter-gatherers, nomads
Photographed By Byron Hooks, September 3, 2013
2. Close up of the Ice Age Hunters Marker
Photographed By Byron Hooks, September 3, 2013
3. Ice Age Hunters Marker
Photographed By Byron Hooks, September 3, 2013
4. The River valley
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2013, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 605 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 26, 2013, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
