77-47Q88 Walrus Ivory Wedge, Hot Springs Village

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Heavy, walrus ivory splitting wedge, unearthed in Hot Springs Village, Port Moller, Alaska, catalogued under CAT# 77-47-Q88, bears witness to Okada excavations HHQ, Level 2-4, within the Hot Springs 1C site, dating back from 1300 BCE to 1000 BCE. Located on the shores of Port Moller, in a massive village situated on the Alaska Peninsula side of the southern Bering Sea, the Hot Springs site has undergone extensive excavations by various teams over the past century. The primary occupations at this site span two distinct periods: from 2000 BCE to 1000 BCE and from 100 CE to 800 CE. The Hot Springs artifacts presented here are a direct result of research conducted under the auspices of grants NSF 0137756, NSF 1204020, NSF 1139266, and NSF 1321411. H. Maschner serves as the Principal Investigator behind this groundbreaking research. The initial digitizing work was undertaken at the IVL at Idaho State University, while subsequent processing was completed at Global Digital Heritage.