1,400 Year Old Moccasin Found in the Yukon
Posted by Tad McIlwraith on February 18th, 2006 filed in Archaeology
I don’t blog enough on ‘local’ archaeology … but the find of 1,400 year old moccasin in the southwestern corner of the Yukon caught my eye. The moccasin was uncovered two and a half years ago and appears to be made of caribou hide. The article discusses briefly why the moccasin survived and it provides a couple of pictures of it.
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