Arctic Fox or Wolf Effigy

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Country

United States of America

Region

Alaska

Age

Prehistoric

Wolf or fox figurine flaked from basalt from XPM-098 Trench 1 Unit 1 Level 4, catalog number 507. These are occasional 1st and 2nd millennium B.C. artifacts in sites from Umnak and Unalaska. We have found later versions in the Adamagan Phase. This dates to before 2300 BCE

Sapsuk River, Nelson Lagoon area, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska. Several salmon fishing sites. Early period dating 3200-2100 BCE, and a later occupation 100 BCE to 500 CE. Original digitizing work done at the IVL at Id. St. Univ. Subsequent processing completed at Global Digital Heritage.

Maschner, H. et al. 2010. The Archaeology of the Sapsuk River, Alaska. An Occasional Papers Publication. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaska Region, Branch of Regional Archaeology, Anchorage.