| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Subject | The Cape Kiyalighaq Mummy |
| Tyyppi | Henkilö |
| Aikakausi | Classical |
| Sijainti | St. Lawrence Island · Sivuqaq, Alaska |
| Päivämäärä | 400 CE |
| Style / Technique | Old Bering Sea phase Yupik skin-stitch tattooing, geometric forearm and finger marks in carbon pigment |
| Yhteydessä kohteeseen | Inuit Kakiniit and Tunniit, The Qilakitsoq Mummies, Ötzi Iceman |
Arkistohuomautus
The Cape Kiyalighaq mummy is the naturally frozen body of an adult woman uncovered at Kialegak Point on the southeast cape of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, after beach erosion exposed the site in October 1972; she was found by three hunters from Savoonga, the Gologergan brothers, and with the community's permission was taken to Fairbanks for study. Radiocarbon dating placed her at about AD 405, give or take seventy years, in the Old Bering Sea phase of Alaskan prehistory, and she bears tattoos on her forearms, hands, and fingers, with marks over the joints read as protective. She is the oldest tattooed body documented in the Yupik Arctic and a deep-time anchor for the Inuit kakiniit tradition, alongside the later Qilakitsoq mummies of Greenland.