Port Moller Hot Springs Village Site

Port Moller Hot Springs Village Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	Address restricted [1]
Nearest city	Port Moller, Alaska
Area	49.7 acres (20.1 ha)
NRHP reference No.	79000408 [2]
AHRS No.	XPM-001
Added to NRHP	April 20, 1979

The Port Moller Hot Springs Village Site is a prehistoric archaeological site on the Alaska Peninsula. It is located on the shores of Moller Bay, an indentation on the peninsula with extensive tidal flats. Until historical times the area was a border region between the Aleut and the Inuit. The site is notable for the presence of a sulphurous hot spring, which provides drinkable water. The 50-acre (20 ha) site contains the remains of a native village and extensive refuse middens. The site was first excavated in 1928. ^[3]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska

References

1. 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 .
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. Weyer, Edward (1930). "Archaeological material from the village site at Hot Springs, Port Möller, Alaska". Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. XXXI pt. 4. hdl: 2246/228 .

Further reading

• "Prehistoric Aleut Influences at Port Moller, Alaska