| Alaska Regional Office | U.S. Department of the Interior | |
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| Cultural Resources Team | National Park Service |
| National
Historic Landmarks in Alaska |
Ipiutak
Site, Point Hope |
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Point Hope Peninsula, Alaska |
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| National
Register Number: 66000157 Resource Type: Site Property Type: Designated: January 20, 1961 |
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| Discovered in 1939, the site is significant as the type site for the Ipiutak Culture and is one of the earliest manifestation of a 2000 year occupational continuum at Point Hope. Covering 200 acres of tundra, the site reveals a prehistoric culture which was a forerunner of later Eskimo societies. | |||||||||
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