Tracking Human Movement through the Ice-Free Corridor with Early Obsidian Artifacts -

In this video, archaeologist Todd Kristensen shares lab results (lithic sourcing based on pXRF) from the oldest obsidian artifacts in Alberta and explores what they mean for human settlement of North America.
This Beringia Centre Science Talk (#BCST) was livestreamed on Zoom and Facebook on November 16, 2023.
About the Speaker
Todd Kristensen is an archaeologist with the Archaeological Survey of Alberta. He completed his MA in Newfoundland and his PhD in Alberta. He is married and is the happy father of a ten year old child whose forced knowledge of obsidian may come up later in therapy.
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Nice to see actual physical data that shows a pre Clovis settling of North America. Where the oldest samples are at the southern most area of the corridor and then slowly making their way north. It’s amazing how prevalent the idea that the Clovis culture was the first people dominates still in non academic circles. Very interesting presentation.