Anchorage Science Pub - Rita Miraglia
Channel: alaska commons
Date: 2016-10-14

Learn about an archaeological site at the southeastern end of Lake Iliamna, an area of intersection of the territories of different groups. Investigated several times since 1997, remains of houses, pottery and other discoveries help us understand ancient life. Lake Iliamna is located at the north end of the Alaska Peninsula, between Kvichak Bay Cook Inlet, about 100 miles west of Seldovia, Alaska.

Rita Miraglia is an archaeologist who has worked for BIA for 17 years. Previously she worked as a social anthropologist for State of Alaska Fish and Game, and as a cultural resource specialist following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. She has a master’s in anthropology with concentration an archaeology.