Archaeology
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Archaeology | History | Museum Collections | Subsistence Archaeologists for Gates of the Arctic conduct field surveys and excavations as well as in-depth analytical research to investigate the lives of the people who have lived in this arctic wilderness for over 12,000 years. Below are a few highlights of their work in recent years.
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NPS Obsidian is a unique material commonly used by past inhabitants of Alaska and beyond for making stone tools. Find out what Park archaeologists have leaned by studying obsdian artifacts from Gates of the Arctic. Read More... 
NPS/J. Rasic Landscape Archaeology at Agiak Lake Deep in the heart of the Chandler River valley Park archaeologists have documented hundreds of well preserved cultural features around this remote lake that have revealed evidence of consistent, long-term use of the area for settlement and subsistence. Read more... Eskimo Hunting Bow 2010 (pdf) Archiving Archaeological Records 2008 Northern Archaic Weapon Systems 2008 (pdf) Tent Ring Archaeology 2007 (pdf) Excavations at the Hungry Fox 2006 (pdf) |
Did You Know?
Bob Marshall named Frigid Crags and Boreal Mountain "The Gates of the Arctic." These mountains are on the North Fork of the Koyukuk River.