The Moose River Site is a prehistoric

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...

Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,799, up from 55,400 in 2010. The borough seat is Soldotna, the largest city is Kenai, and the most populated community is the ce ...

. Located near the confluence of the Kenai and

Moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult mal ...

Rivers near Sterling, it is apparently a camp or village site that was used as a fishing camp about 1500 years ago. The site includes seven house pits and three food cache pits. The site was listed on the

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in 1978.

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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska National Register of Historic Places in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska {{Alaska-NRHP-stub

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