Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for the Oooguruk Development Project, North Slope, Alaska, for the Year 2005

• Main Author: Reanier, Richard E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Reanier & Associates, Inc. 2006
• Subjects: Colville River Delta; Alaska State / Territory; Beaufort Sea; Historic; Prehistoric; Archaic; Mine Site E; 611th; 49-XBP-00038; Pacific Air Forces; 611th Air Support Group; No Known Cultural Resources; Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska, Inc.; Oooguruk Development Project; Arctic Coastal Plain; 11th Air Force; Reconnaissance Survey; 611th Civil Engineer Squadron; United States Air Force; Historic Background Research; Remote Sensing; Reconnaissance / Survey; Records Search / Inventory Checking; Site Evaluation / Testing; Arctic; Pacific; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48512/xcv8459093; https://core.tdar.org/document/459093/cultural-resources-reconnaissance-for-the-oooguruk-development-project-north-slope-alaska-for-the-year-2005

This report presents the results of a cultural resources reconnaissance survey for the Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska, Inc. (Pioneer) for the proposed Oooguruk Development Project. This development project would include an offshore drill site, a flowline leading to onshore facilities, and ice road routes and access to water sources to support construction activities. This development project is located on the Arctic Coastal plain and adjacent Beaufort Sea immediately east of the Colville River delta This report includes background information on the history of the landscape and human use of the study area since the last ice age, descriptions of the development project and the cultural resources of the area, results of the reconnaissance survey, and conclusions and recommendations for cultural resource clearances of the proposed development activities. No known cultural resources would be affected by the proposed development activities for the Oooguruk Development Project.