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.[3]
Chugwater Site | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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| Location | Address restricted[2], Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA |
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| Nearest city | North Pole, Alaska |
| Area | 46.5 acres (18.8 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003754[1] |
| AHRS No. | FAI-035 |
| Added to NRHP | November 23, 1979 |
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
- ^ Aigner, Jane; Lively, Ralph (November–December 1986). "Excavations at the Chugwater Site, Alaska". Archaeology. 39 (6): 58–59, 76. JSTOR 41731837.
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