Alaskan Peninsula

Chignik, Alaska

ALEUTIAN  TRADITION, 5000 BP - AD 1800

Round  Butt Tanged Crooked Aleut Knife "Classic Style"

Overall Length: 3.287"

Thickness: .402"

Blade Width: 1.634"

Lithic Comp.: Basalt

 

These rare Aleut blades and projectiles were collected by

Mr. Koneg  1963

 Mouth of Chignik Lake

More Information on Chignik: Chignik Report

 

I thought it would be interesting to see these artifacts in Black and White as they might of been photographed in the 1960's. 

A color version is at this page: Chignik Color

Aleut Hunters

Map of Chignik Lake and Outlet

 

Square Butt Tanged Knife

Overall Length: 4.510"

Thickness: .369"

Blade Width: 1.075"

Base Length: 1.306"

Hafting zone: Ground

 

 Square Butt Tanged Projectile

Length: 1.703"

Thickness: .184"

Point width: .764"

Base Length: .507"

Base width: .450"

 Square Butt Tanged Projectile

Length: 1.761"

Thickness: .230"

Point width: .660"

Base Length:.703"

Base width: .488"

Round Butt Tanged Projectile

Length: 2.016"

Thickness: .178"

Point width: .589"

Square Butt Tanged Projectile

Length: 2.279"

Thickness: .313"

Point width: .873"

 

Round  Butt Tanged Projectile

Length: 1.344"

Thickness: .152"

Point width: .421"

Base width: .276"

 

Round  Butt UnTanged Thrusting Lance Head

Length: 2.200"

Thickness: .338"

Point width: 1.170"

Base Length: .756"

Base width: .691"

Length: 2.791"

Thickness: .230"

Blade Width: .856"

Base Length: .692"

Base: Hafting region, Lightly ground

Lithic Comp.: Silicified Silt

Bi Facially Flaked Semi-Lunar Ulu Knife

Length: 4.458"

Thickness:

Thinnest Point: .166"

Thickest: .323"

Blade Width: 1.463"

Bi Facially Flaked Semi-Lunar Ulu

Length: 3.928"

Thickness: .295"

Blade Width: 1.732"

Round  Butt Tanged Knife "Knobbed Side Notch"

Length: 4.358"

Thickness: .370"

Blade Width: 1.474"

Hafting Zone: Ground

Length: 4.374"

Thickness: .361"

Blade Width: 1.480"

Round  Butt UnTanged Knife

Length: 4.150"

Thickness: .376"

Blade width: 1.731"

Length: 3.728"

Thickness: .380"

Blade Width: 1.198"

Round  Butt UnTanged Knife

Length: 3.913"

Thickness: .394"

Blade Width: 1.646"

Length: 3.764"

Thickness: .340"

Blade Width: 1.342"

Base Length: 1.011"

Base: Hafted

Bi-facially Flaked Semi-lunar Side Knife or Ulu

Length: 2.989"

Thickness: .286"

Blade Width: 1.648"

Lithic Comp.: Basalt

Square Butt Side Notched Tanged Knife

Length: 3.481"

Thickness: .234"

Blade Width: 1.520"

Base Length: .758"

Length: 3.033"

Thickness: .288"

Blade Width: 2.068"

Round  Butt UnTanged Thrusting Lance with anciently re-worked tip

Length: 2.446"

Thickness: .320"

Blade Width: 1.468"

Square Butt Tanged Thrusting Lance Head

Length: 2.497"

Thickness: .354"

Blade Width: 1.546"

Base Length: .924"

Length: 2.798"

Thickness: .338"

Blade Width: 1.112"

Base Length: .729"

Bi-facially Flaked Semi-lunar Side Knife or Ulu

Length: 4.325"

Thickness: .386"

Blade Width: 1.211"

Length: 4.225"

Thickness: .287"

Blade Width: 1.931"

Base Length: ? Snapped

Lamellar Scraper

Length: 2.598"

Thickness: .266"

Blade Width: .822"

Length: 2.434"

Thickness: .389"

Blade Width: 1.413"

Base Length: .860"

First Stage Preform

Overall Length: 2.100"

Thickness: .478"

Blade Width: 1.358"

Square  Butt UnTanged Knife with Tip fracture

Length: 3.852"

Thickness: .308"

Blade Width: 1.475"