Kodiak archaeology with Patrick Saltonstall

Patrick Saltonstall. Photo courtesy of the Alutiiq Museum.

This week on Outdoor Explorer, we’ll be traveling to Kodiak Island to talk to Patrick Saltonstall. Patrick first came to Alaska  from New England in 1985 to work on an archaeological dig on Kodiak Island as a college freshman. Over the following years, he kept returning to Kodiak for more archaeological digs, and eventually became the curator of archaeology at the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak.  We’ll be discussing the archaeology of Kodiak and Afognak Islands, the Alutiiq people who have inhabited the islands for thousands of years, and Patrick’s adventures roaming the islands to discover and document the archaeology of the Kodiak Archipelago.

HOST: Adam Verrier

GUESTS:

  • Patrick Saltonstall is the curator of archaeology at Kodiak’s Alutiiq Museum

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BROADCAST: Thursday, September 12th, 2019. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT

REPEAT BROADCAST:  Thursday, September 12th, 2019. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT

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