Ipiutak (Temporal Keyword)

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Nuvuk Archaeological Project (NAP)
PROJECT Anne Jensen.

This NSF and Department of Education (ECHO) funded project involves excavation of a village and cemetery at Nuvuk, Point Barrow, Alaska. Ipiutak and Early Thule through recent Inupiat were documented. There is a large associated aDNA project dealing with the human remains, with Dennis O'Rourke as PI.


Nuvuk, Point Barrow, Alaska: The Thule Cemetery and Ipiutak Occupation (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Anne Jensen.

This study presents a revised cultural chronology for the Nuvuk site, Point Barrow, Alaska. It is based on results of 10 years of work at the site, including the Nuvuk Archaeology Project. First, the history and results of prior ethnographic and archaeological research on the North Slope are reviewed, with an emphasis on material pertaining to coastal North Alaska. Nuvuk is set in environmental context, and the results of geomorphological research associated with this project are...