Up to 1926 no archeological work had been done along the Yukon or
its tributaries, and barring a few isolated specimens there were no
archeological collections from these regions.
The archeology of the river consists, (1) of the dead but formerly
known villages; (2) of older sites, "dead" and unknown before even
the Russians arrived; and (3) of random stone objects worked by man
that now and then are washed out from the river banks or are found in
working the ground. Except in details conditions are much alike along
the whole river and will best be dealt with as a whole.