ALASKA
Kayuk Points
Description: Stemmed Form - A small to medium size(~2+") Lanceolate point. Parallel Sided with Horizontal Transverse Flaking. The stem is short to moderate and narrow.
Lithic Composition: Basalt, Flint (Blue-Grey Flint)
Age And Culture: Northern Stylistic Variant of a Late Paleo Indian Cultural
The Kayuk point is thought to be a Northern Stylistic Variant of a Late Paleo Indian Cultural
tradition that stretched from the Plains to Northern North America between 6000 - 3000 B.C.
Another opinion is that the lanceolate points in the interior Arctic assemblages are a product of
functional needs for a weapon suited to the killing and butchering of open-country herd animals and
that they had been made and used by Arctic peoples of several periods and cultural affiliation.
The cultural affiliation of any undated lanceolate points in the northwest Arctic cannot be identified on the
basis of stylistic attributes alone."
Possible Origin: Kotzebue Bay and Inland
Distribution: These points are found Throughout the Kotzebue Bay and the inland Mainland of Alaska .
Blue-Grey Flint 2-1/2"
Basalt 2-1/16"
Updated text and Pictures provided by member Joel Castanza