Located in the Point Hope Peninsula in the state of Alaska is the Ipiutak Site, an archaeological site best known for its connection with the Ipiutak culture. The Ipiutaks possibly arose around 100-200 BCE and died down in 800 CE.
Discovered in 1939, the Iputak Site is composed of house compressions along four beach ridges. The depressions are attributed to 600 abandoned houses which were thought to have been built throughout 300-400 years.
The Ipiutak Site is also where artefacts of up to 74 square driftwood houses and 120 burials were found. The items area now found in the American Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of Denmark, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The site is also a National Historic Landmark.
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