Christian Thomas
@christiandthomas
If they hunt, I gather / Archaeologist into cultural landscapes, Ice Patches, Arrows and Atlatls, traditional economies / Father / appreciator of loud music / Yukon Territory, Canada. #gohabsgo
Managed to get my ass out into the wilderness for some fieldwork. A little digital #archaeology, a little snow patching. Some caves and caribou. Thanks Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation for the epic hospitality this week!
In #Whitehorse news. Found in my mailbox. Some serious 1960s #yukon vibes on this one.
Because these fools figured out how to make fire and expand primate habitat, I now exist in this miserable condition. #yukon
There's no vestige of beginning, no prospect of an end When we all disintegrate, it will all happen again, yeah If you came to conquer, you'll be king for a day But you too will deteriorate and quickly fade away And believe these words you hear when you think your path is clear We have no control
It snowed! No a big surprise for #yukon in November, but after 4 or 5 weird warm weather months it’s a bit of a relief to see something normal. Hopefully the rest of the winter is normal but who knows with climate change.
They say #whitehorse will finally get #snow today. Here is a before. Fingers crossed the we are buried by tomorrow morning!!! #yukon
Finished up the yard work in what has been a beautiful sunny week. However, by deciding to put the tools away ‘tomorrow’ I have called down the wrath of the gods. #yukon #whitehorse. Sorry.
To this day I have no idea what my parents were thinking when they brought me (6), never mind themselves, to this movie.
That trailer then moved it to Edmonton where received it and began the accessioning and sampling process. Going from too hot on a Yukon mountain top to -35c in and Edmonton lab! We’re sun burnt, frost bitten but generally happy it all worked out!
Phase 2 was getting the ice to the University of Alberta ice core lab intact. Extremely warm fall conditions gave us 20 c days at 6500 feet asl so we had to get the ice into a refrigerator trailer daily.
Well it’s been a long two weeks. Our objective was to collect legacy ice from a 10 Kya #Yukon Ice patch for both future research and a caribou diet study. Week one was chainsawing ice out of the face of ancient ice at the Gladstone #archaeology site.
#iceland is crazy scenic. A bit expensive finding a vacay away from current shitty neighbours but fuck it (I say before adding up all receipts).
Calling #Moose. Linked paper about an exceptional discovery from Fort Selkirk likely dated to the late 1840s. #yukon #archaeology 🏺 read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory...
#google Say you’re a coward without saying you’re a coward. (You’re a coward)
OOOOOH, C14 result Christmas present come early! Maybe pieces of a 2100 year old caribou fence. #archaeology
#Atlatl workshop prepped for Yukon First Nation School cultural programming. Thats 8,000 years worth throwing darts (some whole some not) sitting on display! Might need a bigger table! 🏺#archaeology #yukon
Update #election. The presentation isn’t going to progress tonight.
Tomorrow (12:30 to 17:00 PST)- Long Ago Yukon will be hosting an #IAD2024 event at the Beringia Centre. From 13:00 to 14:00, the #Yukon #Archaeology Program will be giving a 2024 field season in review talk. Check it out in person in #Whitehorse or online here: www.facebook.com/share/JBUoma... 🏺
New open access paper from the Yukon Ice Patch Research Group providing details about a complete 6,000 year old atlatl style throwing dart. This dart was recovered from the traditional territories of Kwanlin Dun and Carcross/Tagish First Nations 🏺 #archaeology journal.equinoxpub.com/JGA/article/...