Alaska Preservation Plan Profile __ "Saving Our Past: Alaska's Historic Preservation Plan" Learn about the plan and how it will be implemented. - From National Park Service - http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/pad/stateplans/alaska.htm

Alutiiq Museum and Archeological Repository __ "Explore 7,500 years of Kodiak’s cultural history at the Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository. The museum preserves and shares the cultural traditions of the Alutiiq people through exhibits, educational programs, publications, anthropological research, and the care of traditional objects." - illustrated - From Alutiiq Museum - http://www.alutiiqmuseum.com/index.html

Broken Mammoth Archaeological Project, Introduction __ "The oldest archaeological sites yet known in Alaska are found in the Tanana Valley between the Alaska Range and the Tanana-Yukon Upland. Radiocarbon determinations for these sites are between 11,000 and 12,000 yr." An excellent look. - illustrated - From Alaska Department of Natural Resources - http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/oha/mammoth/mammoth2.htm

 
Castle Hill Archaeological Project __ "With its commanding view of Sitka Sound, Castle Hill has long been a defining landmark of the local landscape. This rocky sixty-foot-high promontory was once the colonial capitol of Russian-America and the location of events which shaped U.S. history. Here, during the summers of 1995, 1997, and 1998, archaeologists from the State of Alaska, assisted by students and volunteers, scientifically excavated early nineteenth century deposits to recover artifacts and information." Extended overview of the project in the form of click-to-read articles. Some are in PDF format. - illustrated - From state of Alaska - http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/oha/castle/castle.htm 
 
Department of Anthropology __ Field studies page of the anthropology department of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Information about the excavations in the Tanana basin at Gerstle River Quarry, an important early holocene multi-component site. - photos - From University of Alaska, Fairbanks - http://www.uaf.edu/anthro/field.html

dig: Alaska Archaeology Events __ "dig's guide to special archaeological programs, events, and exhibits in Alaska" - From digonsite.com - http://www.digonsite.com/guide/alaska.html 

Help Save Alaska's Heritage __ "There are thousands of archaeological sites on federal public lands in Alaska. These sites represent every period in Alaska's history and prehistory from the first Alaskans 11,500 years ago who hunted large ice age animals that are now extinct, to early whaling peoples, to nomadic caribou hunters, to Russian Americans and gold miners." Learn about the risks to these treasures and what can be done to protect them. You will find a series of articles. - illustrated - From National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/bela/html/heritage.htm 

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park __ Learn about the restorations and the archaeological research in Skagway, Alaska. "The Pantheon Saloon Complex lies inside the Skagway Historic District on the corner of Fourth and Broadway. In addition to the Pantheon building, our investigations were also concerned with the vacant land south and west of the Pantheon. The archeology map shows all the areas that were investigated from 1987, and 1995-1997." - illustrated - from National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/klgo/pantheon/panth.htm 

 
Late Prehistoric Cultural Dynamics and-__ Here you will find an excellent report about the archaeological research at two of the three main archaeological sites in the Wales National Register District, Alaska. The report is divided into several sections each covering an aspect of things in detail. - From R.K. Harritt/University of Alaska Anchorage - http://www.uark.edu/misc/jcdixon/Historic_Whaling/Research/Archaeology/Wales_Research.htm

Margaret Bay Archaeological Site __ Here is an excellent summary of the history of this site in the Aleutians, and the work done there. - illustrated - From brynmawr.edu - http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Anthro/m-bay/index.html 

Native Village of Afognak __ "Dig Afognak began in 1993 as part of a community-wide effort to regain, restore and carry forward the light of our ancestral Alutiiq culture. Archaeological research in the Kodiak Archipelago began in earnest following the Exxon-Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound in 1989. With the clean-up of Alaskan shorelines following the disaster, many archaeological sites were being disturbed and valuable information lost. Storm waves, vandalism and time itself were working to destroy the archaeological record." The project is still going on. Learn what is being done now. - illustrated - From - afognak.org - http://www.afognak.org/dig.php 

Office of History and Archaeology __ You will find easy access to related statutes and tax incentive information, as well as links to archaeological digs and historic places. - From state of Alaska - http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/oha/index.htm 

Prehistory of Alaska __ "This page serves as the index page for a series of documents that provide an OVERVIEW of the prehistory of Alaska and for another set of documents that briefly describe the cultural resources (archaeology, history, ethnography) in each national park and preserve in the state." - From National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/akso/akarc/index.htm 

Seacaves __ "The acronym, SEACAVES, stands for Southeast Alaska Caves Project." You will read about research which dates human contact with the caves to about 3000 BCE. "At a huge seacave known as Wolf's Lair on Baker Island, a raft of drift logs has been dated between 3400 and 4400 years old (Dixon et al. 1997). Although the site does not appear to have been occupied extensively, some unusual wooden artifacts were found amidst the ancient flotsam in 1994. These include a 5000 year old cedar implement." - photos - By Madonna L. Moss and Jon M. Erlandson, University of Oregon - http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~mmoss/SEACAVES.HTM

Shipwreck Discovered! Archaeologists find positive identification of the legendary Kad'yak. __ "In July of 2003, a team of researchers led by Dr. Brad Stevens located the Russian sailing barque Kad'yak, submerged in waters off Kodiak since 1860. The Kad'yak is the oldest shipwreck found in Alaska, and the only wreck found from the Russian colonial period." - illustrated - From Kodiac Historical Society - http://www.baranov.us/Kadyak.html 

Totem Bight State Historical Park, Alaska __ "With the growth of non-Native settlements in Southeast Alaska in the early 1900's, and the decline of a barter economy, Natives moved to communities where work was available. The villages and totem poles they left behind were soon overgrown by forests and eroded by weather. In 1938 the U.S. Forest Services began a program aimed at salvaging and reconstructing these large cedar monuments." This is a great combination of archaeology and cultural revival. - illustrated - From Alaskan State Government - http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/totembgh.htm
 

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