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Walakpa Site, Alaska, TheEntry/Object ID
L1977.5.1Description
The Walakpa Site, Alaska; Its Place in the Birnirk and Thule Cultures yielded these conclusions by the author: "that (1) Birnirk developed out of Old Bering Sea; (2) Birnirk can be divided into three phases: Early, A.D. 500-700, Middle, A.D. 700-800, and Late, A. D. 800-900; (3) Thule Eskimo culture developed directly out of Birnirk; and (4) the development of Birnirk to Thule took place because of over-utilization of seals as the primary food resource and a change to a warmer climatic regime that further depeleated the already weak seal resource, rsulting in an increased use of whales for food and an expansion of hunting territories to the east." Among the artifacts studied are various hunting and fishing equipment (harpoons, seal pokes, ice hunting gear, etc.); transportation equipment; knives and whetstones; firemaking equipment; adzes; scrapers and more.
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Anthropology, Alaska, Thule Culture, Birnirk Culture, Weapons, Tools, Prehistoric, Historic, EskimoBook Details
Author
Dennis J. StanfordDate Published
1976Call No.
Archaeology STLCCN
74-32434Notes
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