Matanuska-Susitna Borough (County) (Geographic Keyword)
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Investigation of a village composed of three Dena'ina house pits just east of a gravel pit owned by the Prosser Corporation near Knik Lake began in 2005. In 2007 and 2008, researcher Daniel Stone, was joined by Burlinski and University of Alaska Anchorage Dr. David Yesner in the total excavation of a midden found in association with the shore house pit at site ANC-02967. This document includes that investigation.
Determination of Eligibility Archaeological District ANC-02881 (Hninighi'iy Ka'a) Daniel E. Stone, Native Village of Eklutna (2008)
This document includes an archaeological report about the National Register evaluation of Hninighi'iy Ka'a (ANC-02881) and further recommendations for sites ANC-02819, ANC-02859, ANC-02877, ANC-02878, and ANC-02879 from MSB Cultural Resource Department. Also included in the report is a letter of review and request for site visitation from the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office.
The Geoarchaeological Potential of Elmendorf Air Force Base (1996)
In order to facilitate the surveying for archaeological sites on Elmendorf AFB, this report contains the following information: 1) A review of the geomorphology and geological history of the area, including a synthesis of the available geological literature concerning the area. 2). A surficial geological map of the area, including a detailed description of the map units involved. 3). A description of the landforms and deposits encountered in the area and their origins. The above information will...
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Resources
Project metadata for resources within the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson cultural heritage resources collection. This project is used to fill metadata for all resources part of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson collection.
An Overview of Dena’ina Athabascan Uses of Sites on and Near Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska (2003)
The area presently occupied by the Elmendorf Air Force Base (Elmendorf AFB) in southcentral Alaska lies within the traditional territory of the Upper Cook Inlet Dena'ina (Tanaina) Athabascan Indians. In 1994, members of the Dena'ina Athabascan community of Eklutna formed the "Dena'ina Team," and, working with cultural anthropologist Nancy Yaw Davis and Elmendorf AFB personnel, began to investigate potential Dena'ina prehistoric and historic sites on the base (Davis and the Dena'ina Team 1994,...
Prehistoric Landscape Use in the Central Alaska Range
This dataset is comprised of lithic analysis data from terminal Pleistocene through late Holocene prehistoric lithic assemblages recovered at nineteen archaeological sites in the upper Susitna River basin, southern Alaska Range
Prehistoric landscape use in the central Alaska Range: coding sheet for lithic analysis dataset from the upper Susitna River basin (2016)
This document is a coding sheet to accompany the lithic assemblage dataset from terminal Pleistocene through late Holocene prehistoric lithic assemblages recovered at nineteen archaeological sites in the upper Susitna River basin, southern Alaska Range.
Prehistoric landscape use in the central Alaska Range: lithic analysis dataset from the upper Susitna River basin (2016)
This dataset is comprised of lithic assemblage data from terminal Pleistocene through late Holocene prehistoric lithic assemblages recovered at nineteen archaeological sites in the upper Susitna River basin, southern Alaska Range
State Historic Preservation Office Letter: Response to Questions Raised About Archaeological Sites Found Near Elmendorf Air Force Base (2008)
This document includes a letter from Daniel E. Stone from the MSB Cultural Resource Department to the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office. The letter includes information on the possible archaeological district ANC-02881 and characteristics of sites associated with the Native Village of Eklutna. Also enclosed is a response letter from Ms. Bitter, the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer, and her conclusions to the archaeological findings.
Taking the Trail Home: Settlement Patterns of the K'enaht'ana Dena'ina… and Forgotten Knowledge (2008)
In 2006, the Native Village of Eklutana, a federally recognized Tribe, acquired a National Park Service Historical Preservation Grant to seek out those physical landscapes along the periphery of Nuti (Knife Arm), from Point Woronzof up to the Knik River and back down to Point Mackenzie, that have a Dena'ina name. If it has a Dena'ina name the Dena'ina were there and used that land. Secondly, landscapes having a high potential for Dena'ina cultural resources would be investigated. Well over 100...
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey: Surficial Geologic Map of the Anchorage B-7 SW Quadrangle, Alaska (1989)
The Anchorage B-7 SW quadrangle is located in south-central Alaska within the Municipality of Anchorage; the community of Eagle River is centered in the map area which is traversed north to south by Glenn Highway and the Alaska Railroad. The quadrangle is one of a series in the Anchorage-Knik Arm region for which surficial geologic maps have been completed recently at a scale of 1:25,000 (Daniels, 1981a,b; Reger, 1981a,b,c,d; Yehle and Schmoll, 1987a,b;1988; fig.2). The map area includes parts...