276 Chr. Bendix Thostrup 



Furthest to the west on the Naze we measured a shelter (390) 

 which was built of very heavy stones up to a height of 050 M. It 

 was oval, 125 M. long. The door opening faced the south and was 

 1 M. broad. 



A second shelter (391) was found near the beach, on the north 

 side of a solid, rocky wall 060 M. high, which thus formed the south 

 wall of the shelter for 175 M. The north wall was built up of many 

 stones to a height of 040 M. The east wall was built in a similar 

 way,' and was 100 M. long, 055 M. high. The west wall on the other 

 hand consisted of a couple of stones; and the door opening has 

 probably been here. 



Bones were found everywhere on the Naze. (Bean-goose, fjord 

 seal, reindeer, musk-ox). 



Snenæs (lat. 76° 49', long. 19° 21'). Here we found 13 winter- 

 houses, 8 tent-rings, 2 shelters, 13 traps, permanent meat-depots and 

 temporary meat-stores, 3 graves and 2 stone structures made by 

 children. 



As the name indicates, this point is covered with snow. Its 

 eastern part however is free of snow and here there is a settlement. 

 A small pool of freshwater gives good drinking water in the summer 

 and excellent, dense ice for melting in the winter. 



The route landwards from the settlement towards the west is 

 difficult, but towards the east and north the land lies open, with al- 

 ternating stretches of stone, gravel and bog, and has probably been 

 a good hunting ground. Walrus occur in the summer in the open 

 channels of the land-ice and many seals are seen on the ice in 

 spring over the whole wide expanse of the bay. 



The winter-houses lie in 3 groups, the one 23 meters above the 

 sea, just above an old shore-line, the two others nearer the present 

 line. For the size and form of the houses see PI. II. 



Behind the winter-houses lies a burial place and east of this a 

 naze or coastal stretch with traps. 



There are 2 winter-houses in the uppermost group, as also 1 

 tent-ring, 1 temporary meat-store and 2 stone spaces. 



Winter-house 392 was much broken down, but the stones lay 

 quite loosely. The roof had fallen. The platform was formed of 

 gravel, paved with flat stones. We made no discoveries unfortu- 

 nately in our examination of the house; it seemed to be completely 

 empty. I measured this winter-house both before and after digging 

 it out, in order to see how great the error might be on measuring 

 a house before excavation, and I give the results in the following 

 table. 



