XPM-098 Polished Slate, Sapsuk River, Alaska

Heavily etched piece of slate from XPM-098 Trench 4 Unit 6 Level 4, catalog number 502. The slate items at XPM-098 are remarkably similar to late Ocean Bay II material from Kodiak Island. 3100-2600 BCE. SR08-01-TT-4-U6-L4 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. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab