Archaeological Survey of Ten Installations of the 611th Air Support Group, Alaska Summer 2000

Part of the 611th Air Support Group Resources project

Author(s): Michael R. Yarborough

Year: 2001

Summary

The following describes an archaeological inventory of ten installations of the 611th Air Support Group in Alaska. This inventory encompassed the Air Force property surrounding the facilities at each installation. It was not an inventory or evaluation of the buildings and other structures themselves. The ten installations that are the focus of this study fall within two broad geographic areas. Six -Barter Island Long-Range Radar Site (LRRS), Bullen Point Short-Range Radar Site (SRRS), Oliktok Point LRRS, Point Barrow LRRS, Point Lonely SRRS, and Wainwright SRRS - are within the boundaries of the Northern and Western Maritime Regions of Alaska. The Beaver Creek Radio Relay Station (RRS), Bethel RRS, Campion Air Force Station (AFS), and Lake Louise Recreation Camp (RC) are in Interior Alaska.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Survey of Ten Installations of the 611th Air Support Group, Alaska Summer 2000. Michael R. Yarborough. 2001 ( tDAR id: 459050) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8459050

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Gray Chert flake • Whale bone

Site Name
Beaver Creek Radio Relay Station (RRS) • Bethel RRS • Bullen Point Short-Range Radar Site (SRRS) • Campion Air Force Station (AFS) • Lake Louise Recreation Camp (RC) • Oliktok Point LRRS • Point Barrow LRRS • Point Lonely SRRS • Six -Barter Island Long-Range Radar Site (LRRS) • Wainwright SRRS

Site Type
Cabin • Cache Pit • Cemetery • Eskimo Grave • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Pit • Sod House • Storage Pit

Investigation Types
Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking

General
11th Air Force • 611th • 611th Air Support Group • 611th Civil Engineer Squadron • Active Sites • Archaeological Inventory • Cabin Foundation • Chert Flake • Distant Early Warning Line Station • Eligible for Inclusion • Former Village • Inactive Sites • Inventory • Pacific Air Forces • Semi-Subterranean House • Ten Installations • United States Air Force • White Alice Communication System • Wooden Box

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -170.016; min lat: 51.487 ; max long: -138.073; max lat: 71.762 ;

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