Ipiutak Site, Archaeological site in Point Hope, Alaska, US.
The Ipiutak Site contains 600 house depressions arranged along four beach ridges near the Arctic coast of northwestern Alaska.
Archaeologists Helge Larsen and Froelich Rainey discovered this settlement in 1939, leading to extensive excavations that revealed artifacts from 74 driftwood houses.
The excavated materials include stone tools, bone artifacts, and ivory carvings depicting polar bears, loons, seals, and human figures from ancient Arctic life.
The archaeological collections from Ipiutak are now preserved at the National Museum of Denmark, American Museum of Natural History, and University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Mortuary offerings found at the site feature masks with specific designs, such as one showing a human face with blowfly larvae emerging from its nostrils.
Location: North Slope Borough
GPS coordinates: 68.34306,-166.82222
Latest update: May 23, 2025 02:47
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