XPM-104 Hafted knife, Sapsuk River, Alaska

Hafted knife recovered from Excavation 3, at XPM-104. Hafted tools become common elsewhere on the Alaska Peninsula after 600 B.C. Unit 3, Level 6 catalog number 208. XPM-104-E3-U3-L6 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.