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Old Bering Sea

Old Bering Sea proper noun: an archaeological culture associated with a distinctive, elaborate circle-and-dot aesthetic style and centered on the Bering Strait region.

Proper noun

Old Bering Sea

  1. (historical) An archaeological culture associated with a distinctive, elaborate circle-and-dot aesthetic style and centered on the Bering Strait region.

Origin of Old Bering Sea

The culture was initially named the Bering Sea culture by Canadian archaeologist Diamond Jenness in 1928, following the discovery on the Diomede Islands of distinctively decorated objects such as whaling and sealing harpoon heads. The adjective "Old" was added by Smithsonian archaeologist Henry B. Collins to distinguish the culture from younger materials with similar design elements.

Questions about Old Bering Sea

What does Old Bering Sea mean?
Old Bering Sea means an archaeological culture associated with a distinctive, elaborate circle-and-dot aesthetic style and centered on the Bering Strait region.
What part of speech is Old Bering Sea?
Old Bering Sea is a proper noun.

Words near Old Bering Sea in the dictionary

  1. old bean
  2. old beans
  3. Old Belarusian
  4. Old Believer
  5. Old Believers
  6. Old Bering Sea
  7. Old Bill
  8. Old Blighty
  9. Old Blue
  10. Old Bolingbroke
  11. Old Bolshevik

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