Name Details:
Named By:
Named For:
Unalakleet, Norton Coast, Alaska
Date Identified:
Type Site:
Unalakleet
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
2,700 - 200 B.P.
Norton Tradition
Eskimo, Inuit
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large lanceolate stemmed point with an elliptical to median ridge cross section. The blade is
recurvate with the tip curving in, becoming almost parallel and then
curving out at the shoulders. The shoulders are generally horizontal, but may vary to having a slightly upward angle. The stem is straight with a convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found from St.
Lawrence Island to the coastal regions of Alaska and into the Brooks
Range / North Slope and into the northern Yukon Territory.
Related / Associated Points:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity:
Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, W21
Unalakleet Projectile Point, Unalakleet Arrowhead
