Ancient Uqshoyak Recent Investigations at Tin City Long Range Radar Site, Alaska

• Main Authors: Brown, Teresa, Goatley, Margie, Harrnitt, Roger
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Cultural Heritage Studies, Environment and Natural Resources Institute at the University of Alaska Anchorage 2003
• Subjects: Wales; Alaska State / Territory; Tin City; Historic; Prehistoric; Tin City Long Range Radar Site; Dating Sample; Fauna; Macrobotanical; 611th; Pacific Air Forces; 611th Air Support Group; Artifact Analysis; Phase I; Field Investigations; Phase II; United States Air Force; Archaeological Site; Faunal Analysis; Mitigation; Oral History; Wood Gathering; Reindeer Operation; Shovel Test; Cultural Heritage Studies; University of Alaska Anchorage; Traditional Hunting and Gathering; Prehistoric House Structure; TEL-155; Lee Mining Company; Natural Erosion; Squirrel Trapping; Illegal Digging; Radiocarbon Dating; 11th Air Force; 611th Civil Engineer Squadron; Historic Background Research; Data Recovery / Excavation; Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis; Heritage Management; Anchorage; Pacific; Inupiat; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48512/xcv8459053; https://core.tdar.org/document/459053/ancient-uqshoyak-recent-investigations-at-tin-city-long-range-radar-site-alaska

The objectives of the mitigation were to identify, record, and collect prehistoric and historic cultural materials from intact deposits present in the site. One of the results of the 2000 Phase I archaeology field investigation, was the discovery of the remains of a potential prehistoric house structure. The goal of the oral history research was to begin documentation of the interactions of the Wales Inupiat community with the Tin City area, taking into account the various activities that have constituted those interactions over time.