The Kayuk Complex of Arctic Alaska
Abstract Approximately 2400 stone and 77 bone and antler artifacts were obtained by extensive trenching of the Kayuk site, a large area on the banks of Kayuk Creek in Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range, northern Alaska, where several Nunamiut Eskimo families now camp. No stratigraphy was noted and no stru...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/276683 2023-05-15T14:56:21+02:00 The Kayuk Complex of Arctic Alaska Campbell, John M. 1959 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/276683 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002731600022010 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Antiquity volume 25, issue 1, page 94-105 ISSN 0002-7316 2325-5064 Museology Archeology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) History journal-article 1959 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/276683 2022-06-17T09:05:07Z Abstract Approximately 2400 stone and 77 bone and antler artifacts were obtained by extensive trenching of the Kayuk site, a large area on the banks of Kayuk Creek in Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range, northern Alaska, where several Nunamiut Eskimo families now camp. No stratigraphy was noted and no structural features were encountered, but four fire areas were excavated. The most diagnostic artifact is the Kayuk point, a lanceolate form with finely executed parallel oblique flaking, which resembles most closely the Angostura point of the Great Plains. Other stone artifacts, some of which also exhibit the parallel oblique flaking, include blades, scrapers, angle burins, microblades, drills, and adz blades. Implements of bone and antler, mostly caribou, include harpoons, leister and fish spear prongs and barbs, and other forms common in recent and prehistoric Arctic sites. The Kayuk site is believed to have been a hunting camp used during caribou migrations through Anaktuvuk Pass by a prehistoric Eskimo group which probably wintered on the northern coast as do the modern Nunamiut. The Kayuk complex probably belongs somewhere in time between the Denbigh Flint complex and Ipiutak. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Brooks Range eskimo* Alaska Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Arctic Flint ENVELOPE(-65.417,-65.417,-67.333,-67.333) Kayuk ENVELOPE(156.729,156.729,51.514,51.514) American Antiquity 25 1 94 105 |
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Abstract Approximately 2400 stone and 77 bone and antler artifacts were obtained by extensive trenching of the Kayuk site, a large area on the banks of Kayuk Creek in Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range, northern Alaska, where several Nunamiut Eskimo families now camp. No stratigraphy was noted and no structural features were encountered, but four fire areas were excavated. The most diagnostic artifact is the Kayuk point, a lanceolate form with finely executed parallel oblique flaking, which resembles most closely the Angostura point of the Great Plains. Other stone artifacts, some of which also exhibit the parallel oblique flaking, include blades, scrapers, angle burins, microblades, drills, and adz blades. Implements of bone and antler, mostly caribou, include harpoons, leister and fish spear prongs and barbs, and other forms common in recent and prehistoric Arctic sites. The Kayuk site is believed to have been a hunting camp used during caribou migrations through Anaktuvuk Pass by a prehistoric Eskimo group which probably wintered on the northern coast as do the modern Nunamiut. The Kayuk complex probably belongs somewhere in time between the Denbigh Flint complex and Ipiutak. |
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The Kayuk Complex of Arctic Alaska |
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The Kayuk Complex of Arctic Alaska |
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The Kayuk Complex of Arctic Alaska |
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The Kayuk Complex of Arctic Alaska |
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Arctic Brooks Range eskimo* Alaska |
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