Thule people
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The Thule or proto-Inuit were the precursors of all modern Inuit and Yupik peoples. They developed in coastal Alaska by 1000 CE and expanded eastward across northern Canada, reaching Greenland by the
Thule site near Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island
Inuk pointing out Thule site, June 1995
Whalebone used in the building of an ancient Thule home in Resolute, Nunavut
Old Bering Sea
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Old Bering Sea is an archaeological culture associated with a distinctive, elaborate circle and dot aesthetic style and is centered on the Bering Strait region; no site is more than 1 km from the ocea
Satellite image of Bering Strait. Cape Dezhnev, Russia, is on the left, the two Diomede Islands are in the middle, and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, is on the right.
Winged object (harpoon counterweight?); 2nd–3rd century; ivory (walrus); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Standing figure; 2nd century BC-1st century AD; ivory (walrus); height: 22.5 cm (87⁄8in.); Metropolitan Museum of Art
Head; 2nd–4th century; ivory (walrus); height: 6.35 cm (21⁄2 in.); Metropolitan Museum of Art