Shemya Island and Others

Shemya is a two mile by four mile island located near the western end of the Aleutian chain, roughly 1500 miles away from Anchorage. The island of Attu is just to the northwest, while Agattu is just off to the west and can be seen from Shemya on a clear day.

SHEMYA ISLAND

Side Knife Length: 3.038" Thickness: .389" Width: .936" Lithic Comp.: Green Argillite	Length: 2.583" Thickness: .300" Width: .890" Lithic Comp.: Dark Green Argillite
Length: 3.431" Thickness: .342" Width: .815" Lithic Comp.: Green Argillite Oval Knife Length: 4.501" Thickness: .57" Width: 1.88" Lithic Comp.: Green Schist ?

Hide Scraper Length: 3.431" Thickness: .342" Width: .815" Lithic Comp.: Green Schist ?

This group of artifacts are reportedly from

Ketchikan Alaska

Ulu appears to have been subject to water erosion.

The surface of the slate has eroded below the intrusive veins

Length: 4.9"

Width: 3.9"

Material: Black Slate

Opposite side still shows the abrasion marks from the grinding / polishing technique

Oval Blade

Length: 3.9"

Width: 1.5"

Material: Basalt

Oval Blade

Knife appears to have been subject to water erosion.

Note the shinny surface of the basalt

Length: 3.9"

Width: 1.5"

Material: Basalt

Hafted Blade or Thrusting Lance Head

Length: 3.6"

Width: 1.3"

Material: Basalt

Oval Blade

Length: 2.6"

Width: 1.3"

Material: Basalt

Projectile

Length: 2.4"

Width: .69"

Thickness: .19"

Material: Basalt

Sydney Conner Collection

From what I have been told Sydney Conner was an archeologist and a surveyor from Girard College Phila. Pa. The paper documentation material appears to indicate that this material was excavated from sites in the Aleutian Island chain during 1939. There is mention of the word "Kiska". There is also mention of Unalaska and Pribilof. These paper items are dated 1939. A small match box says Butter Earth Loess on the back side. A few of the items are stamped Unalaska.

ABRADER

Length: 3.28"

Width: 3.00"

Thickness: 1.26"

Material: basaltic (mafic) pumice, more correctly called scoria

Whale Teeth

Bone Tool: Could be a wedge, Adz or Socketed Scraper...Bit is highly polished.

Seal Skin Shoe: Grass was used as insulation

Net Weight from UMAK Island

Length: 2.34"

Width: 2.03"

Material : Basalt

Scraper/Knife from UMAK Island

Length: 1.80"

Width: .964"

Material : Obsidian

Hammer from Unalaska Island

Length: 4.17"

Width: 3.38"

Thickness: 2.06"

Material : Cobble Basalt

Hammer appears to have finger holds, Also is grooved, so I'm not sure if this may have been used hafted or may have been used as a net sinker

First appearance I thought it was a Hammer . However with a little digging into my references I believe this may in fact be a grooved net weight

Length: 3.847"

Width: 2.797"

Thickness: 2.05"

Material : Cobble Basalt

Opposite Side

Single Grooved Hammer from Unalaska Island

Length: 3.72"

Width: 2.64"

Thickness: 2.23"

Material : Cobble Basalt

WHETSTONE (ipiksaun)

This basalt artifact was used in the sharpening of blades and projectiles

These are very rare items.

Length: 5.97"

Width: .509"

I have another one on the typology page

Outstanding and Very difficult to acquire

Obsidian Projectile from Unalaska Island

Length: 1.88"

Width: 1.32"

Obsidian Bi face Knife from Unalaska Island

Hafting area is snapped off :>(

Length: 4.25"

Width: 2.66"

Classic Aleut Curved Knife

Unalaska Island

Length: 2.59"

Width: 1.15"

Material: Basalt

Chert Side Blade

Unalaska Island

Made from a flake

Length: 3.05"

Width: 1.23"


Length: 1.217" Thickness: .184" Width: .449" Lithic Comp.: Brown Chalcedony Aleutian Tradition	Length: 1.257" Thickness: .166" Width: .445" Lithic Comp.: Green Chert Norton Tradition	Length: .946" Thickness: .077" Width: .362" Lithic Comp.: Banded Chalcedony Aleutian Tradition

Length: 2.829"

Thickness: .277"

Width: 1.052"

Lithic Comp.: Olive Chert

Aleutian Tradition

Length: 1.685"

Thickness: .179"

Width: .535"

Lithic Comp.: Basalt

Aleutian Tradition