Kodiak Archipelago

The Kodiak Archipelago (Russian: Кадьякский архипелаг, romanized: Kad'yakskiy arkhipelag) is an archipelago (group of islands) south of the main land-mass of the state of Alaska (United States), about 405 km (252 mi) by air south-west of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska.

The Kodiak Archipelago contains about 40 small glaciers, numerous streams and many species of land and marine animals.

The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge encompasses a large percentage of the land in the archipelago.

"The archaeological record contains several seemingly abrupt changes suggesting population replacements to some, but the current view, followed here, is that there has been long-term cultural continuity.

"[1] (Ames et al., p. 61) The Late Holocene contains four cultural periods: the Early Kachemak, the Late Kachemak, the Koniag, and the Alutiiq.