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Site Formation Processes on the Coast of Alaska

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/spring99/mink.html

From Backdirt, studying the natural processes that have shaped the archaeological changing physical environment.

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Prehistory of Alaska

http://www.nps.gov/akso/akarc/

Overview from the American National Park Service. Includes a bibliography of print resources on the topic.

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Castle Hill Archaeological Project

http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/oha/castle/castle.htm

Online report from the Alaska Office of History and Archaeology on the discovery of remains of four 19th century Russian-American Company buildings and a huge number of artifacts.

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Broken Mammoth Archaeological Project

http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/oha/mammoth/mammoth1.htm

Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene loess deposits, rich with calcium carbonate, have preserved butchered remains of birds and mammals in unequivocal stratigraphic context with human- made stone tools and hearth charcoal at three sites near Shaw Creek in the middle Tanana Valley, the Broken Mammoth, Mead, and Swan Point sites.

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Alaska Office of History and Archaeology

http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/oha/

Works to preserve sites and buildings that reflect Alaska's heritage. A staff of archaeologists, historians, and architectural historians oversee programs to identify, document and restore sites and buildings, and to educate Alaskans and visitors about these non-renewable resources.

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Alaska Historical Commission

http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/oha/histcomm/ahc.htm

A forum for citizens' voices in the development of state history policy. Members advise the Governor on programs concerning history and prehistory, historic sites and buildings, and on geographic names.

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