Anangula Archeological District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Anangula Site
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location = Umnak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
nearest_city= Nikolski, Alaska
locmapin = Alaska
lat_degrees=53 |lat_minutes=0 |lat_seconds=2 |lat_direction = N
long_degrees=168 |long_minutes=54 |long_seconds=40 |long_direction = W
area =
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= June 02, 1978cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1742&ResourceType=Site
title=Anangula Site |accessdate=2007-11-19|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = June 02, 1978cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
refnum=78000512

Anangula Site or Anangula Archeological District is an archaeological site in Alaska on a Convert|1.5|mi|km long island, in the Aleutain Islands off West coast of Umnak Island, Convert|3.1|mi|km North-NorthWest of Nikolski Bay.Cite gnis|1419694|Anangula Island (Aleutians West (CA)]

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.

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.

Also known as:
*Anangouliak Island
*Anangula
*Ananiuliak Island
*Ananulyak
*Anayulyakh Island
*Ostgraov Anayulyakh

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