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Rock ArtSite Name: Feniak LakeCountry: United States Region: Alaska Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Anchorage, AK Nearest Village: Kotzebue, AK
Latitude: 68.273000N Longitude: 158.33W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Rock Art in Alaska.The rock art is found on inscribed boulders near a Late Prehistoric village site. In addition to petroglyphs, the village site contains stone ringed structure sites called qargi and many archaeological features associated with hunting, storage and home sites.
The village site is considered to be late prehistoric, but some evidence indicates occupation as early as 1000 AD. Feniak Lake is part of the Noatak National Preserve. It is within the Brooks Range and is not accessible without a guide and generally a float plane.
Note: Clay disks appear to be a new artifact type for Alaska. “We only opened up a small amount of ground at the site, ... four of these artifacts indicates there are probably more and that something really significant is happening”
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