Global InformationIyatayet site information
Iyatayet site | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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 View of the site | |
| Location | Address restricted[1], Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA |
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| Nearest city | Shaktoolik, Alaska |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000158 |
| AHRS No. | NOB-002 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[2] |
| Designated NHL | January 20, 1961[3][4] |
The Iyatayet site is an archaeological site and National Historic Landmark located on the northwest shore of Cape Denbigh on Norton Bay in Nome Census Area, Alaska. It shows evidence of several separate cultures, dating back as far as 6000 B.C. It was excavated starting in 1948 by J. Louis Giddings, the pioneering archaeologist of the area.[5] It is significant as the type site of the Norton culture, representative of human occupation c. 500BCE-500CE, first described by Giddings in 1964.[6] It is also significant for the Denbigh Flint complex, which lay underneath the Norton materials, and provides evidence of some of the earliest human activity in the region. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Iyatayet Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
- ^ "Iyatayet National Historic Landmark". National Park Service. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ answers.com summary of "The archeology of Cape Denbigh" by J L Giddings, 1948 ASIN B0007DLAA4
- ^ Shaw, Robert; Holmes, Charles (1982). "The Norton Interaction Sphere: An Orientation". Arctic Anthropology. 19 (2): 2–10. JSTOR 40316023.