National Park Service, Cultural Landscapes Inventory, 2003: Iyat (Serpentine Hot Springs), Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Curran M. 2008. National Park Service, Cultural Landscapes Inventory, 2003: Iyat (Serpentine Hot Springs), Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 100108. National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office. Anchorage, AK
Iyat is an approximately 500-acre landscape (unsurveyed) within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, established on December 2, 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). Located about 55 miles southeast of Shishmaref, Alaska, an Inupiaq village on the coast of the Chukchi Sea, Iyat lies in a bowl-shaped valley containing the geothermal springs of Hot Springs Creek and defined by the surrounding tor covered hillsides. Although most frequently referred to as Serpentine Hot Springs, the traditional Inupiaq word for the site is “Iyat” which means “cooking pot” or “a large bowl filled with food to provide for the community;” an apt description of the landscape. In this CLI the landscape will be referred to as “Iyat.” (H. Anungazuk)
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Curran, Michele
- Date of Issue
- 2008
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office
- Units
- AKR , BELA
- Keywords
- anthropology, archeology, geothermal, health, history, hot springs, medicinal, sacred sites, TCP, traditional cultural property, tribal healing