This year alone they found five complete masks, new arrowheads, spoons, stick dolls, ivory earrings, ulus and more. By September 5, 2023 Elder John Roberts still thinks about the ancient toy kayak he found on the beach when he was a boy. He sold it then, before he realized what it would mean to him.
“The Elders used to say there’s a place not far from here that you will find artifacts,” said Roberts. “They never talked too much about it, but they told us there’s a land they call Nunalleq. A land long time ago. All the things would be hidden. Someday, someone will find them.”
Ivory earrings on display at the Nunalleq Center. Photographed in Quinhagak in August 2023. (Gabby Salgado/KYUK) “We were always told don’t touch these old sites,” said Jones. “So I had to convince the main Elders back then for about two years or so. We need to do this. We need to tell our kids where we’re coming from, where we came from. As my late grandfather used to tell me, don’t ever forget where you came from.”
The Nunalleq Cultural and Archaeology Center on Aug. 11, 2023 in Quinhagak. (Gabby Salgado/KYUK)
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CultureLab: The weird ways animals sense the world – Ed Yong on his book An Immense WorldWhether it’s the hidden colours of ultraviolet that bees can see, the complex rhythms and tones of birdsong that we’re unable to hear, or the way a dog can smell the past in incredible detail, the way humans experience the world is not the only way.Every animal has its own ‘umwelt’ – a unique sensory experience that allows it to perceive the world differently. As humans we can barely begin to understand what the world looks like to many of the other creatures that inhabit the Earth. But author Ed Yong is helping to paint a picture…In this episode of CultureLab, Christie Taylor speaks to Ed about the paperback release of his book An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, which looks at more than 100 different species and explores the amazing ways their sensory worlds are shaped by light, sound, vibrations, heat and even electrical charge.To read about subjects like this and much more, visit newscientist.com.
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