Ancient Uqshoyak Recent Investigations at Tin City Long Range Radar Site, Alaska

Part of the 611th Air Support Group Resources project

Author(s): Teresa Brown; Margie Goatley; Roger Harrnitt

Year: 2003

Summary

The objectives of the mitigation were to identify, record, and collect prehistoric and historic cultural materials from intact deposits present in the site. One of the results of the 2000 Phase I archaeology field investigation, was the discovery of the remains of a potential prehistoric house structure. The goal of the oral history research was to begin documentation of the interactions of the Wales Inupiat community with the Tin City area, taking into account the various activities that have constituted those interactions over time.

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Ancient Uqshoyak Recent Investigations at Tin City Long Range Radar Site, Alaska. Teresa Brown, Margie Goatley, Roger Harrnitt. 2003 ( tDAR id: 459053) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8459053

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Keywords

Material
Dating Sample • Fauna • Macrobotanical

Site Name
Tin City Long Range Radar Site

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
11th Air Force • 611th • 611th Air Support Group • 611th Civil Engineer Squadron • Archaeological Site • Artifact Analysis • Cultural Heritage Studies • Faunal Analysis • Field Investigations • Illegal Digging • Lee Mining Company • Mitigation • Natural Erosion • Oral History • Pacific Air Forces • Phase I • Phase II • Prehistoric House Structure • Radiocarbon Dating • Reindeer Operation • Shovel Test • Squirrel Trapping • TEL-155 • Traditional Hunting and Gathering • United States Air Force • University of Alaska Anchorage • Wood Gathering Show More

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory) • Tin City • Wales

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -170.016; min lat: 51.487 ; max long: -141.047; max lat: 68.567 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): 611th Air Support Group CRM Manager

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