Gambell Sites

The Gambell Sites are five archeological sites which established a chronology of over 2000 years of human habitation on St. Lawrence Island near Gambell, Alaska.^[2]

The sites (named Hillside, Mayughaaq, Ayveghyaget, Old Gambell, and Seklowaghyag) have provided evidence of four cultural phases of the Thule tradition. Digging first began in 1927 and the sites were labelled a National Historic Landmark in 1962. As with all previously existing National Historic Landmark sites, the sites were listed on the National Register of Historic Places when the registry opened in 1966.^[1]

Over the 20th century, the archeological value of the sites was largely destroyed due to locals digging up the buried ivory and the landmark designation was withdrawn in 1989.^[2] The sites remain listed on the National Register.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Nome Census Area, Alaska

References

Properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
	Boroughs
	Aleutians East Anchorage Bristol Bay Denali Fairbanks North Star Haines Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Gateway Kodiak Island Lake and Peninsula Matanuska-Susitna North Slope Northwest Arctic Sitka Skagway Wrangell Yakutat
	Census areas
	Aleutians West Bethel Dillingham Hoonah–Angoon Nome Petersburg Prince of Wales–Hyder Southeast Fairbanks Valdez–Cordova Yukon–Koyukuk
	There are no sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kusilvak Census Area.