History
Wiki Peak, in the Nutzotin Mountains of eastern Alaska within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve near the Canada–United States border, is a remote mountain whose obsidian source made it an important place in early human history. People used this obsidian as early as 13,400 years before present, and material traced to the peak has been found at Broken Mammoth, Walker Road, and Moose Creek, all dating to before 13,000 years before present. Archaeological work in the past decade recorded more than 65 nearby sites, a dense concentration that highlights Wiki Peak’s connection to some of the region’s earliest known human activity.
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Chisana, Alaska · United States
