| Alaska Regional Office | U.S. Department of the Interior | |
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| Cultural Resources Team | National Park Service |
| National
Historic Landmarks in Alaska |
Cape
Krusenstern Archeological District, northwest Alaska |
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Kotzebue, Alaska |
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| National
Register Number: 73000378 Resource Type: Site Property Type: Domestic - Camp Designated: November 7, 1973 |
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| This vast archeological district encompasses a series of 114 marine beach ridges, formed at an average of perhaps 60 years each since the time of the highest post-glacial sea level. The district contains the cultural remains of peoples who have inhabited these beaches for 5,000 or more years. Adjacent to the ridges on unglaciated uplands in the Iguchuk Hills are surface deposits that extend the record backward to the time of the end of the Pleistocene. The beach ridges of Cape Krusenstern provide a broad, horizontal stratigraphy, which includes virtually all phases of cultural history known in northwest Alaska. | |||||||||
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