Old Bering Sea > Birnirk Culture . Archaic Stage marine-mammal-hunting communities flourishing around the coasts of the Bering Straits in North America and Siberia between about 2200 BP and 1500 BP. Representing the early stages of the Thule Tradition, the material culture includes pottery influenced by developments in Siberia. Stone tools tend to be polished slate rather than chipped stone, and include lanceolate knives, projectile heads, and the ulu transverse-bladed knife.

Length: 2.4"

Lithic: Comp: Green Chert

Length: 2.6"

Ivory Barbs Missing

Lithic: Comp: Green Chert

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Punuk Culture, Circa 1000 BP,  Baleen Harpoon Point from St Lawrence Island

Length: 2.555"

Thickness: .094"

Width: 1.150"

Lithic Comp.: Baleen

Stemmed Toggle Point

Length: 1.879"

Thickness: .149"

Width: .800"

Lithic Comp.: Slate

Length: 1.605"

Thickness: .080"

Width: .429"

Lithic Comp.: Flaked Basalt

Length: 1.550"

Thickness: .070"

Width: .948"

Lithic: Comp: Slate

Length: 1.644"

Thickness: .071"

Width: .896"

Lithic: Comp: Slate

Length: 1.199"

Thickness: .074"

Width: .556"

Lithic: Comp: Slate

Length: 1.452"

Thickness: .053"

Width: .922"

Lithic: Comp: Slate

Punuk Culture

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Whale Toggling Harpoon