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Bluefish Caves
67.1500° N, -140.5833° E
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Bluefish Caves is an archaeological site in Yukon, Canada, located 54 km (34 mi) southwest of the Vuntut Gwichin community of Old Crow. It has been controversially suggested that human occupation dates to 24,000 years Before Present (BP) based on radiocarbon dating of animal remains, but these dates are contested due to the uncertain stratigraphic context of the archaeological remains relative to the dated animal remains. There are three small caves in the area.
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Radiocarbon dates suggesting early occupation
c. 24,000 BP
Site popularized by fishing expedition
1976
Excavations by Jacques Cinq-Mars
1977–1987
2017 review supporting early dates
2017
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