Shemya Island and the Question of Inland Sites
Creators: name: Corbett, Debra
Publisher: name: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Shemya Island
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85248/shemya-island
subject: Alaska (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1176/alaska-state-territory
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Aleutian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/3411/aleutian
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Soil
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/159/soil
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Dating Sample
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3/dating-sample
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: FWS
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1518/fws
subject: 611th
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/164656/611th
subject: Pacific Air Forces
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/164657/pacific-air-forces
subject: United States Air Force
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/163642/united-states-air-force
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/260/shell
subject: ATU-239
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165128/atu-239
subject: ADK-104
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165131/adk-104
subject: ADK-127
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165132/adk-127
subject: ATU-613
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165129/atu-613
subject: XGI-008
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165130/xgi-008
subject: ADK-181
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165135/adk-181
subject: Bird Bone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/15246/bird-bone
subject: AG-32
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165136/ag-32
subject: XGI-026
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165133/xgi-026
subject: Eareckson Air Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165134/eareckson-air-station
subject: UMK-048
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165139/umk-048
subject: UNI-044
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165140/uni-044
subject: AG-33
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165137/ag-33
subject: UMK-046
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165138/umk-046
subject: ADK-102
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165143/adk-102
subject: UMK-001
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165144/umk-001
subject: ATU-003 ATU-021
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165141/atu-003-atu-021
subject: Inland Sites
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165142/inland-sites
subject: ADK-017
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165147/adk-017
subject: ADK-018
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165148/adk-018
subject: Non-coastal Sites
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165145/non-coastal-sites
subject: ADK-185
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165146/adk-185
subject: ATU-063
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165151/atu-063
subject: Prehistoric Aleuts
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165152/prehistoric-aleuts
subject: Upland Sites
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/48543/upland-sites
subject: ATU-023
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165149/atu-023
subject: ATU-022
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165150/atu-022
subject: UNL-326
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165155/unl-326
subject: RAT-068
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165156/rat-068
subject: RAT-008
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165153/rat-008
subject: ATU-061
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165154/atu-061
subject: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165157/us-fish-and-wildlife-service
subject: RAT-020
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165158/rat-020
subject: 11th Air Force
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/164651/11th-air-force
subject: 611th Civil Engineer Squadron
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/164652/611th-civil-engineer-squadron
subject: Environment Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/13/environment-research
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Ethnohistoric Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/17/ethnohistoric-research
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: During the July 2002 excavation of sewer lines at Eareckson Air Station, two prehistoric midden deposits containing shell, bone, whalebone, stone and bone artifacts, and human remains were exposed. The Air Force Remote Sites archaeologist, Karlene Leeper, halted the work until archaeologists could determine whether the remains represented an in situ cultural deposit, or whether midden was transported as fill from elsewhere. Joined by Diane Hanson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Leeper reevaluated the site July 16 through 23, 2002. In part to mitigate the damage from the sewer excavations, and to evaluate the potential for finding additional non-coastal archaeological sites, Leeper contracted with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to conduct archaeological excavations at ATU-239. During fieldwork in 2005 project crew were shown the location of a second non-coastal site at the east end of the runway, ATU-613. Leeper contracted again with FWS to have this site investigated, as part of a larger study of non-coastal sites, in 2006. This report details that study.