Swan Point

Excavations in Swan Point

One of the oldest dated archaeological sites in Alaska, from 12,300 BC. Finds have cultural similarities to Siberian cultures.

Petroglyph Beach

Petroglyph Beach in Alaska, stone with a carving of spiral

Some 40 different signs and symbols have been hewn in the boulders and rock outcrops at the sea. It is possible that these symbols are even 8000 years old.

Onion Portage Archaeological District in Alaska

Stratigraphy in the Onion Portage site, archaeologist Douglass Anderson

Prehistoric settlement at the caribou migration river crossing point. This site has been inhabited by numerous cultures from 6500 BC to 1700 AD and its research has helped to build the cultural chronology in this region.

Ipiutak Site

Ipiutak Site

Major site of Ipiutak culture, inhabited around 100 BC – 800 AD. Found sites of some 600 houses, although these could have existed in different time periods. Here have been found interesting mortuary offerings – elaborate ivory carvings and masks.

Broken Mammoth

Excavations in Broken Mammoth site

One of the oldest archaeological sites in Alaska, inhabited in 9,000 – 10,000 BC. It is possible that inhabitants of this village hunted mammoths.

Adamagan

Ancient centre of Aleuts. Around 1 100 BC – 100 AD there lived up to 1000 people. There were built more than 250 subterranean houses and numerous storage pits.

Ruth Glacier

Ruth Glacier, Alaska

A spectacular glacier that flows for 16 km among cliffs that rise up to 1,600 m high.

Punuk Islands

Skulls in Punuk Islands

A large number of bones – including human bones – are found on these islands. Bones are washed out in other places and are transported by the sea currents here.