Definition of Okvik
:of or belonging to an early phase of the Old Bering Sea culture in northern Alaska and northeastern Siberia that produced an art style in which patterns suggesting scrolls are noticeable
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Okvik
adjective
Ok·vik
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ˈäkvik
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Origin and Etymology of okvik
from Okvik, site on Punuk Island, S.E. of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering sea
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