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An artifactual comparison of finds of Norton and related culturesarticle 1982 • Larsen, Helge Eyvin
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Larsen compares nine artifact assemblages from sites located along the Bering Sea to the Alaskan Penninsula (Point Hope, Cape Krusenstern, Kugzruk Island, Cape Nome, Nunivak Island, Platinum, Chagvan Bay, Nanvak Bay, and Naknek Drainage). The author ...Trail CreekBook 1968 • Larsen, Helge Eyvin
Paleo-Arctic • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Larsen excavated two caves near Trail Creek. This document describes the excavations, stratigraphy, and his findings. The caves contain evidence that people used them as temporary shelters or as lookouts for caribou from 15,000 years ago to 1760 AD C...Ipiutak and the Arctic whale hunting cultureBook 1948 • Larsen, Helge Eyvin & Rainey, Froelich G. (Froelich Gladstone)
Norton • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This is the classic study on Ipiutak archaeology done by Larsen and Rainey at Point Hope, Alaska, in 1939-1941.The data gathered from the excavations at this site have helped to clarify many of the previously held theories about the origin of the Esk...