Ethnohistoric Land Use Patterns: Elmendorf Air Force Base (Knik Arm) Area, Draft Report

Author(s): Nancy Yaw Davis; The Dena'ina Team

Year: 1994

Summary

This draft report provides a background paper contributing toward the long range planning for the management of cultural resources on Elmendorf Air Force Base. One goal is to address general prehistoric and historic land use patterns in this specific area; another is to provide a guide suggesting what to look for during a subsequent more comprehensive survey. This report reviews the context of the study, methods employed and innovated, literature reviewed, and introduces an Indian team organized to assist in the research and the plan. The Description of the 15 significant locations identified during the initial visual survey are presented in geographical order from south to north, focusing on beach and bluff areas along the eastern side of Knik Arm. Finally, the key findings to date are summarized, and some suggestions for the next steps are made.

Cite this Record

Ethnohistoric Land Use Patterns: Elmendorf Air Force Base (Knik Arm) Area, Draft Report. Nancy Yaw Davis, The Dena'ina Team. 1994 ( tDAR id: 457962) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8457962

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Keywords

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Ethnohistoric Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Cultural Resources • Denaina Team • Homestead • Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson • Land Use Patterns • National Park Service

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory) • Anchorage, AK • Cairn Point • Elmendorf Air Force Base • Knik Arm

Temporal Keywords
20th Century • Early Historic Period • Homestead Era • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -150.152; min lat: 61.041 ; max long: -149.222; max lat: 61.51 ;

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