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 29Aleut blades and projectiles were collected by

Mr. Koneg  1963

 Mouth of Chignik Lake

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 Un-Tanged 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"

Humped Lance Head

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 Un-Tanged Knife with Tip fracture

Length: 3.852"

Thickness: .308"

Blade Width: 1.475"