Anangula Archeological District

Anangula Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location:	Umnak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
Nearest city:	Nikolski, Alaska
Coordinates:	53°0′2″N 168°54′40″W / 53.00056°N 168.91111°W / 53.00056; -168.91111Coordinates: 53°0′2″N 168°54′40″W / 53.00056°N 168.91111°W / 53.00056; -168.91111
Architectural style:	No Style Listed
Governing body:	FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NRHP Reference#:	78000512
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	June 2, 1978[1]
Designated NHL:	June 2, 1978[2]

The Anangula Site or Anangula Archeological District is an archaeological site in Alaska. Located on a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long island in the Aleutian Islands off the western coast of Umnak Island, it lies 3.1 miles (5.0 km) north-northwest of Nikolski Bay.^[3] The Anangula site was first recognized by a man with the last name of Laughlin in 1938. Even so, there was no significant research done there until 1952.

The island where this site is located has yielded evidence of the oldest occupations in the Aleutians, as many as 8,400 years ago. The Anangula Site is what is left of a settlement of people thought to have migrated here across the land bridge from Asia.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.^[2]

Etymology

Aleut name reported by Capt. Lutke (1836, p. 299) as "Anangouliak" and by Father Veniaminov (1840, v. 1, p. 156) as "Ananulyak". This island was called 'O (strov) Anayulyakh " or "Anayulyakh Island" by Capt. Tebenkov (1852, map 25), IRN.^[3]

Also known as:^[3]

• Anangouliak Island
• Anangula
• Ananiuliak Island
• Ananulyak
• Anayulyakh Island
• Ostgraov Anayulyakh

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Anangula Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1742&ResourceType=Site. Retrieved 2007-11-19. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Anangula Island". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1419694. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 

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