Norton Culture

This culture is located south of the Bering Straight. The Norton culture settled this area at about 2000 years BP. These Indians were part of a small tool making tradition known as the microblades. These blades were made from flint working. With these blades, the Norton culture hunted seals, beluga’s, and walrus. They, however, only used the bones of these sea animals. This culture was one of the first to use open fire and oil lamps. Not only did this culture hunt on the sea, they also hunted on the land. On the land, they hunted caribou and bison; their chief sources of food. To hunt these animals they had to travel around with the animals, this is why the have no permanent villages.

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