XPM-098 Basalt Point, Sapsuk River, Alaska

Andesitic basalt. Contracting Tail Point from XPM-098 Trench 1. Dates 2800-2100 BCE. Most common on Sanak Island in deposits ranging from 2000 to 1600 BCE. Unit 2 Level 2, catalog number 481. SR08-01-TT1-U2-L2 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.