Archaeology and global warming: in Alaska, "the Yup'ik community is aware of losing its memory"

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In a book published Friday, May 16, archaeologist Claire Houmard and journalist Charlotte Fauve describe how the Yup'ik community in Alaska lives each summer to the rhythm of trowel blows in an attempt to save the heritage of their ancestors.

Residents in Alaska look at an artifact found at the Nunalleq archaeological site on August 27, 2014. (Anchorage Daily News/Tribune News Serv. Getty Images)

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