Cultural heritage monuments in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

settlement in far eastern Russia

thumb|Anadyrsk was on the east–west part of the Anadyr River at the point where it swings north

Ekven is an archaeological site in the Russian Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. It is located 30 km from the village of Uelen. Here a 2000-year-old Eskimo Cemetery from the Old Bering Sea culture was discovered by D.A. Sergeev and S.A. Arutiunov. They found graves made of wood, stone and whale bones. There were also burial of an older woman with a wooden mask.