Antelope House

Impressive ruins of Anasazi settlement under cliff overhang. Abandoned around 1260. Nearby was the Tomb of Weaver that contained a mummified body of an old man.

Tonto National Monument – Lower Cliff Dwelling

The more visited of the two closely located cliff dwellings. Lower Cliff Dwelling had some 20 rooms and was developed and inhabited by the people of Salado culture in 1300 – 1450 AD. Roofs of some structures have been preserved.

Bodie

Remarkably well preserved ghost town, developed during the Californian gold rush in 1876.

Ukivok Stilt Village

Abandoned Inupiat village on an inhospitable cliff side. Houses are built on stilts above the sea.

Shishmaref

Village on a small, low lying island in Chukchi Sea. This traditional Inupiaq village is suffering from global warming – the sea is washing it out. Now it is protected with berth.

Swan Point

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

Onion Portage Archaeological District in Alaska

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

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

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.