Chugwater Site

Chugwater Site
Nearest city North Pole, Alaska
Area 46.5 acres (18.8 ha)
NRHP Reference # 79003754[1]
Added to NRHP November 23, 1979

The Chugwater Site is a prehistoric archaeological site on the banks of the Tanana River near Moose Creek, Alaska. The site covers more than 40 acres (16 ha) on a bluff overlooking the river, and consists of widely scattered stone toolmaking debris, interspersed with other artifacts. The area was extensively sampled in 1982-83 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, identifying a variety of stone tools and types of stone used in their manufacture. A more extensive excavation of the site took place in 1984, exposing a number of larger stone tools and projectile heads, as well as microblades, which are usually attached to bone or wood handles. One projectile point found is of a style similar to those found at another Alaska site which has been dated back 10,000 years.[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Aigner, Jane; Lively, Ralph (November–December 1986). "Excavations at the Chugwater Site, Alaska". Archaeology (Vol. 39, No. 6): 58–59, 76. JSTOR 41731837.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.