Though other sites have ivory fragments, this discovery marks only the second time that researchers have uncovered an entire mammoth tusk from an archaeological site in Alaska, the researchers said.

altogether unparalleled by their modern representative. Alaskan mammoth-ivory is stated to be, on the average, inferior in quality to that from Siberia.

"Most people don't even know about it until they come up here, and then they see it in the store and go, 'Hmmm, mammoth ivory?' " said Barbara Lynd, owner of Alaska Arts and Ivory. Many don't know ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A woolly mammoth that roamed Alaska 17,000 years ago covered enough ground in its 28-year lifetime to nearly circle the globe twice, an analysis of one of its ...

who is with a party of scientists in Central Alaska, that they have discovered a mammoth frozen intact ... when one of the expedition noticed an ivory tusk protruding from the surface of the ...

(CNN Newsource) — Imagine traveling across a beach and finding a woolly mammoth tusk. One young man in Shaktoolik, Alaska doesn ... Petr Bucinsky buys mammoth ivory and turns it into things ...

Paleontologist Paul Matheus of Whitehorse, Yukon, a University of Alaska Fairbanks research ... "You will find old mammoth ivory in archaeological sites because people have been picking up old ...

In the heart of Interior Alaska, at a recently discovered archaeological site, scientists have uncovered a huge mammoth tusk dating back 14,000 years. Objects made of ivory and used for hunting ...

Sixteen senators voted yes to SJR4 which urges Congress to exempt legally obtained walrus, mammoth and mastodon ... see as harmful effects on the Alaska ivory market, due to a lack of understanding.

Self-taught, he works in stone, exotic woods, clay, bronze and prehistoric mammoth ivory, which is found in permafrost regions of northern Canada, Alaska and Siberia. Featured in notable public ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Caribou hunters have recovered ... "That's not unusual," he explained. "You will find old mammoth ivory in archaeological sites because people have been picking up old ...