Archaeology in the Bering Sea: Results from 25 Years of Periodic Archaeological Research on St. Matthew and Hall Islands, the Most Remote Area within Alaska

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

St. Matthew and Hall Islands are located in the Bering Sea, far from the Alaskan mainland. Located within the Bering Sea Wildlife Refuge, these uninhabited islands are visited by refuge biologists about once every five years for an approximate 8–10-day period, in order to conduct studies of island fowl and fauna. Since 1997, the Refuge has sponsored an interdisciplinary team to accompany their biologists, including that of an archaeologist who sought evidence of past island human land-use. This presentation provides a summary of the results from the past 25 years of archaeological research including: a precontact Native habitation site, a Russian-Aleut hunting camp, numerous early twentieth-century fox trapping cabins, the site of a 1916 shipwreck survivor camp, and several sites associated with World War II military occupation.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35697.0