Sitka, Alaska (Geographic Keyword)
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Situated on the west coast of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the southeast panhandle of Alaska, Sitka is surrounded by the steep Coast Range Mountains of Alaska. The city is on the north side of a large natural bay (Sitka Sound) at an elevation of 22.68 feet. Rising to the north of Sitka is Mount Edgecumb, a 3201 ft volcanic cone, whose most recent recent eruptions date to the 18th Century.
Sitka National Historical Park, The Archeology of the Fort Unit, Volume I: Results of the 2005-2008 Inventory (2010)
In 2005, SITK invited the National Park Service’s (NPS) Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) to conduct a Systemwide Archeological Inventory Program (SAIP) parkwide inventory at the park’s Fort Site Unit. This unit incorporates 57 acres of rainforest and nearly 55 acres of wetlands, Indian River channel, and tidal flats. The SAIP’s (and the SITK project’s) goals are to conduct systematic, scientific research to locate, evaluate, and document archeological resources on National Park system lands....