The Swan Point Treasure unearthed in Alaska has provided vivid evidence for the mysterious bridge connecting Alaska and Siberia, according to a recent statement from the Alaska Office of History and Archaeology (OHA).
The Ancient Origins report cites archaeologist Chuck Holmes from OHA, indicating that studies from Swan Point have shed light on the prehistoric period of the region, providing evidence that humans actually settled in the Americas 14,000 years ago, with Alaska being the first point of entry.
An archaeological site at Swan Point – (Photo: OHA).
“This is the oldest and most complete age we have regarding human remains in Alaska,” Holmes stated.
Here, archaeologists have discovered a wealth of artifacts, primarily tools used for labor. Radiocarbon dating on mammoth ivory items indicates they are 14,000 years old.
Some objects made by the first migrants to Alaska are special archaeological treasures – (Photo: OHA)
The strongest evidence suggesting that the Alaskans were once residents of Siberia is a short sword-like stone tool, very similar to tools used by the Dyuktai people in Siberia during the same period.
These findings have clarified and supported the theory of the “Beringia Land Bridge” that some scientists proposed earlier.
According to this theory, the frozen land in the Northern Hemisphere was not as fragmented as it is today. About 10,000 years ago, a narrow strip of land connected Asia and North America. Thus, humans explored this new world many years before Columbus arrived, using the very simple method of walking.
However, it took several thousand years for people from Alaska to move down to the rest of the continent.
