Wales Site
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The Wales Site is a well-documented archeological site on the Cape Prince of Wales, near Wales, Alaska
. It is a pre contact site for the indigenous population which can help illuminate non-industrial whaling practices from the 9th century through the early 19th century.. This site has artifacts from the Birnirk culture as well as the first discovery of the later Thule
culture.
Roger Harritt of the University of Alaska, Anchorage has been doing extensive investigations for over 10 years onsite.
Wales, Alaska
Wales is a town in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 152. It is the westernmost town on the American mainland.-Geography:...
. It is a pre contact site for the indigenous population which can help illuminate non-industrial whaling practices from the 9th century through the early 19th century.. This site has artifacts from the Birnirk culture as well as the first discovery of the later Thule
Thule people
The Thule or proto-Inuit were the ancestors of all modern Inuit. They developed in coastal Alaska by AD 1000 and expanded eastwards across Canada, reaching Greenland by the 13th century. In the process, they replaced people of the earlier Dorset culture that had previously inhabited the region...
culture.
Roger Harritt of the University of Alaska, Anchorage has been doing extensive investigations for over 10 years onsite.