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Lab number
USGS-608
Material dated
Bone
Locality
On the west side of Itkillik Lake. Northeast corner of the Gates of the Arctic National Park. Central Brooks Range, AK.
Submitter
Jeff Rasic, NPS
Uploader
A. Martindale
Date uploaded
March 23, 2015
Measured Age
1230 ± 160
Significance
Ipiutak
Context
1976 test pit no. 1, 40-50 cm below surface. Exact provenience not known.
Comments
This stratified two-component site is located on a high bank rising about 5-6 m above the west shore of Itkillik Lake. Waste flakes, retouched flakes, worked bone and antler (an awl, wedge, leister prong, and needle), side blades, inset blades, end blades, flake knives, and points were located during surface reconnaissance and subsurface testing of deposits up to 55 cm deep.

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