Moose River Site

Archaeological site in Alaska, United States

United States historic place


Moose River Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey

Location	Address restricted^[2]
Nearest city	Sterling, Alaska
Area	6.2 acres (2.5 ha)
NRHP reference No.	78003427^[1]
AHRS No.	KEN-043
Added to NRHP	December 20, 1978

The Moose River Site is a prehistoric archaeological site in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Located near the confluence of the Kenai and Moose Rivers near Sterling, it is apparently a camp or village site that was used as a fishing camp about 1500 years ago. The site includes seven house pits and three food cache pits.^[3]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
^ "The Fabric of Alaska's Past: A Curriculum for Historic Preservation" (PDF). United States Department of Education. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

Properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska

Boroughs

Census areas

There are no sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kusilvak Census Area.

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