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Onion Portage Archaeological District in Alaska

Stratigraphy in the Onion Portage site, archaeologist Douglass Anderson
Excavations in Swan Point / NPS Photo/Doug Anderson, National Park Service / public domain

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

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GPS coordinates
67.1062 N 158.2701 W
Location, address
North America, United States, Alaska, Northwest Arctic, banks and gravel shoal in Kobuk River
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