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Name Details:
Named By: John
Martin Campbell
Named For: Type
Site
Date Identified: 1962
Date Identified: Kayuk
Site, Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
Kayuk
(Denbigh Variant)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
6,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Artic Small Tool Tradition
Kayuk Complex
Ipiutak Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium lanceolate stemmed point with an elliptical to median ridge cross section. The blade is excurvate with many examples becoming almost parallel towards the shoulders. The
shoulders are at and upward angle and are commonly weak. The stem is straight with many examples having a short stem. The base many range from straight to slightly convex. This point has a
flaking pattern that may range from oblique to horizontal transverse.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
The Denbigh Culture originated in Siberia and set up "staging" villages in western Alaska and continued explorations into the Canadian Artic and as far was Greenland.
Related / Associated Points:
Denbigh Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Campbell is an anthropologist who conducted studies into the Artic region of
Alaska. He served in many positions including the Director of the
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. This type was named in his Ph.D. Dissertation and has many
professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Kayuk Projectile Point, Kayuk Arrowhead
